If all the money and property in the world were divided up equally at, say, 3 oclock in the afternoon, by 3.30pm there would already be notable differences in the financial conditions of the recipients. Within that first 30 minutes, some adults would have lost their share. Some would have gambled theirs away and some would have been swindled or cheated out of their portion (thereby making some others richer). The disparity would increase with growing momentum as time went on. After 90 days, the differences would be staggering. And, Im willing to wager that, within a year or two at the most, the distribution of wealth would conform to patterns almost identical with those that had previously prevailed.
John Paul Getty
Dave Chapelle did a skit on that, in which blacks were given millions in reparations; the white news anchors were commenting on how eager blacks seemed to give the money back. One guy bought a truck loaded with menthol cigarettes, while another actually became the wealthiest man in the world by gambling his money in dice games. They also had the stock for phone companies go up as millions of delinquent accounts were paid up...
As demonstrated by lottery winners everywhere.