ROB, it seems most of us are in agreement that success does not equate being in the right. But since you brought up the word kfira, I feel I must clarify my comment. The power of the satan to act is given to him by Hashem, usually because of our sins or to test us. Everything is min hashamayim, yet we all have the bchira to do right or wrong. And since this world is “topsy turvy” seemingly bad things do happen to good people (or even their legacy) and vice-versa. The real schar is not necessarily in this world, and sometimes people are rewarded here so they shouldn’t be “owed” in the next world.
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