>>12241414
Upward mobility is somewhat of a myth in this country, now more than ever. Any time I see a successful person, 9/10 times I read their bio and early life to find they were already the product of a wealthy family.
Patrick Byrne, for instance. He and others seem to imply that he's a self-made bagillionaire, started out in the garage yadda yadda yadda the usual fluff story. The reality is that he's the son of the guy whom Warren Buffet put in charge of GEICO. So we have a the son of a millionaire with direct access to Warren fucking Buffett as an example of "hurr durr anyone can make it if they try."
Try looking up early histories for yourself. Yes, occasionally you'll find a former crackhead like MyPillow Mike but the trend is that you only succeed past a certain point if you already had successful parents.