Yea, society is obsessed with the glorification that you get rich quick and achieve success on your first try. Everyone doesn't even talk about how many things they tried to be successful. Or when they were lucky and things just worked out.
On the other hand the playing field is not even at all and the luck of being born in a place that is beneficial or to people that have benefits that others don't have is not to be discounted either.
Agreed. My father owns his own business. My grandfather helped him after it failed 2-3x. My father however, "did it all by himself". Bootstraps and whatnot.
He was lamenting to my brother a few years ago that he has no legacy. Well, you fucked over everyone in your family, including your kids to get yourself ahead. So yeah, you'll die rich and unloved. Surprise outcome!
On the other hand the playing field is not even at all and the luck of being born in a place that is beneficial or to people that have benefits that others don't have is not to be discounted either.