This is basically event based thinking, or what The Fastlane Millionaire calls slowlane thinking.
I have a friend who thinks the same, he once said to me that 90% of rich people in the world had scammed or inherited their money. When I tried to point out the statistical unlikelihood of that he just couldn't accept it.
These are the same people who will see someone work hard for 10 years getting nothing, then call them an overnight success when they do hit it big on day 3651.
Oh well, as long as they stay out of our way, no harm done to anyone but themselves.
Amen to that. No reason the world can't support one small country who want to make success a taboo.