I’m retired now after a pretty middle class career, and am well aware of how much of my success was essentially luck. I have a reasonably high IQ (not my doing), was born into a family that, while poor, instilled middle class values (again not my doing), was born with a skin color that matched the majority (do I need I to keep saying not my doing?) I lucked into a career which suited me, in an economy that worked very differently than it does now. And I was lucky enough not to have any major health problems during all of this.

A lot of people seem to think of themselves as self-made, without realizing the number of folks who worked just as hard as they think they did without seeing anywhere near the same success.

Maybe something will happen at some point to make them open their eyes, but I wouldn’t bet on it.