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Originally Posted by fishpro
There are definitely success stories involving people from all walks of life, and while I agree that it's all about the choices you make, I believe it is way tougher for some people to become successful depending on how the earlier years of their life are. If you compare the proportion of people who become successful when they had an upbringing that set them up for success vs those who became successful with the odds stacked against them, I believe there would be a great disparity that reveals how challenging it can be for some and that we need to recognize this rather than just taking a hard stance of "it's the choices you make."
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Exactly. And I'd say a few of us here have made the same point which seems to be discounted by so many.
It's not to say personal accountability and taking responsibility for your actions isn't a significant contributing factor - it's just that we have weigh it all and consider all of the influences in our environments that contribute to who we are.