There are impossible expectations from the state in every segment of society, both to lower the retirement age, to increase pensions and to increase support for the poor. In the hyperinflation process we are going through, low-income people, who make up more than half of the population, are living in great distress despite the limited support provided by the state and municipalities. What can be done for desperate people in need?
If we leave this limited support and aid aside, it is not possible to talk about a tendency to help each other in society. Could this be due to human nature, other than the characteristics of Turkish society?
Life success
Skill, talent and luck play an important role in a person’s success in life. A researcher named Paul Piff from the University of Berkeley had 100 pairs of participants play the game of monopoly, which is played with dice and is largely based on luck. However, the game was initially played in a way that the winner would be calculated twice as many times as the dice the subjects rolled. In the monopoly game, the player who rolls the higher dice has the opportunity to access money and the assets and opportunities on the game board much easier and faster. When played as designed by the researchers, one of the players is ahead right from the start and gets all the opportunities the game offers. What is interesting is the changes in the behavior of the privileged subject. The “rich” players advance louder on the squares on the table after throwing the dice, celebrate their success by clenching their fists and raising their arms in the air, lean back with their hands behind their h