Guess you got unlucky and the giant bag of money didn't land on your lap. Keep wishing but you are satisfied with your life because if you weren't you would do something about it unless you are just lazy. Being successful is no secret, just hard work, skill, and bring value to someone to get paid well.
Whatever you make is not what the world makes, it is what you are worth in the marketplace. Lebron James doesn't make millions a year because he is lucky, one of those "rich" you mentioned he makes millions because that is the value his employer sees in him. Want to make more, bring more value to the marketplace.
Are you the best at what you do? If so then ask for money or find another job where your value is recognized. Never met an achiever who was a whiner.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.