Really? You do realize the world has pretty much been run by the greedy and unfair througout history right?
Royalty?
A system setup by the few to control the many in a completely unfair way.
Religion? Same.
The rich and the corporations today basically run the US government by making and breaking the rules (same in most counties really).
The most productive time in US history? Slavery - literally free labor.
Biggest economy today - oil. Who profit the most? Those countires who flex military power and install governments and leaders who favor them or owe them favors.
Look at most of the big companies today - big oil, big steel, beef industries... most of them have roots in mafia and crime sydicates of the industiral era and continue to prosper through unscrupulous methods.
Who makes prospers the most today? Corporations and big businensses... name one that doesn't "cheat" on a regular basis.
If you honestly don't know that history has favored the greedy and underhanded, then you are the ignorant one.
It is how it is... sure the little guy gets his revenge once in a while, but ultimately another greedy power hungry guy who will do what it takes to get to the top comes along...
Sorry... cheaters often do prosper. We live in a world run by those who have and still do.
Oh and the actual phrase is "cheaters SELDOM prosper". And even that is just something your mother told you so you would behave and be "good". Truth is, as I have pointed out, cheaters often prosper.
Who rules the schooyard? The bully.
At 9 out of 10 jobs you will find the further up the laddre you look, the more scummy and underhanded the management is.
Even those kids who got bullied in school but grew up to have the last laugh? They are now taking advantage of tax loopholes and legal outs left and right in their businesses getting rich.
The US economic crash due to housing and all kinds of illegal corporate actions? Guess how many of those guys at the top have been prosecuted? None. Guess how may of them got multbillion dollar buyouts or are still collecting huge bonuses? You got it!
Sure many get caught, but those who prosper, prosper far more than almost any "honest" person.
BTW... as far as cheaters prospering... how do you think all those dupers are feeling right now with their garages full of expensive race cars while the rest of us can't even trade for them anymore?
Exactly