Well said, but it's not quite that simple. See below.
That's just the problem- life ISN'T "that simple" and yet people want it to be. Nothing I said is based on anything being "simple"- it's based on likelihood and best-possible chances. Those things aren't guarantees, which is what some people want to believe in, but it's not possible to guarantee success, and those who pretend there is are usually basing it on some highly simple-minded scheme of big government.
If a person is hard working, educated (for real) and acquires skills and knowledge that's useful to their fellow man, they stand a much better chance and likelihood of succeeding than someone who wallows in a subculture that places less value on those things, and believes their lack of success is just a conspiracy of "da man" out to get them. And yes, there ARE plenty of people mired in that.
There are different levels to this as well- if you work hard at things that don't pay very well- like being able to wash dishes for example- you can't expect to make as much and do as well as someone who works hard at learning how to build/design/make things. Again, these are just facts, but they're uncomfortable for some that have been told that all outcomes should be equal to make things "fair", while ignoring the obvious reality that the world doesn't work that way.
What I find telling, is that we've devolved so far in so little time, that telling people the best way to prepare for success is to be hard working, and acquire knowledge and skills is some sort of radical, far-fetched idea. Oh how radical!!! And to admit that some groups and cultures focus on that more than others is also supposed to be radical.
Meanwhile, the same people think there's nothing far-fetched and simple-minded about their constant "solution" they push- which is basically just don't hold anyone accountable for anything, push equality of outcome no matter what, concoct grand big government schemes to take money from those that are successful and just give it to those who aren't, and then sit back and pretend that's the magic formula to make everyone's dreams come true, and that there's never any problem with it, nor that it's over-simplistic bullshit.
Waiting around for some government fatcat to deliver your success to you: most rational and "compassionate" idea in the world!
Realizing that being prepared and able to do for self is the only way anything really works: RADICAL IDEA!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!