I think, and I mean this softly and in a non-accusatory manner, that you may overestimate the level of opportunity that passes by people. Many people don't end up completing college. Many people who do end up completing college don't end up getting a leg up from their degree. I know quite a few restaurant servers with decent degrees.

> Everybody has some opportunities that are closed off to them. But they do have avenues that are available to be exploited. Focus on those.

Are you sure about that, honestly? Or is it that it worked out for you, with your particular set of prerequisites and willpower? I too believe there are more opportunities for people than they realize, but much of my adult life has been doing all I can to mentor and help people find and hop onto opportunities. I've done this enough to see a lot more failures than successes. It makes me think that people, while they may think its "hard", still really underestimate how much further ahead they were of people who weren't doing as well as them. Mental health and childhood trauma being one of the biggest factors that people don't end up considering, but also just how deep the cycle and mindset of poverty gets ingrained into people.