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It doesn't disgust me, it amuses me.

Many people don't realize much of it is just luck. Even for the ones who clawed their way out of poverty. Actually, the latter may be more able to appreciate exactly how luck plays into it, and how, obviously, you also "create your luck" to some extent, through hard work.
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Having listened to the UMC disparage people like me has brought me to disgust over the years.  It's kind of sad how out of touch a lot of them are.  Amusing is sheltered and clueless; disgust is reserved for the people who think that they made it all by themselves and look down on people who don't have the things they do, even though they got their million-dollar house downpayment from mom and dad and their private school tuition from grandparents.

But, to the second point, I fully recognize how incredibly lucky I am and have no problem acknowledging that there are people who work just as hard as I do but didn't get the right opportunity or know the right people to be where I am.  I put in the time and elbow grease, but I had the right place to apply that effort to in order to migrate socioeconomic classes.  I always feel sorry for a bunch of those unconnected people applying for posted positions and not realizing that some higher-up's referral or client's kid is going to get the role regardless.[/quote]

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