It's all a layercake. Everyone enters the layercake at different layers depending on opportunity/privilege/luck/etc and the idea is to ascend the layers. Not

It's all a layercake. Everyone enters the layercake at different layers depending on opportunity/privilege/luck/etc and the idea is to ascend the layers. Not everyone chooses to play, not everyone wants to play, but the opportunity to is get as far up to the top as you can. The higher the layer you are on, the more you get to benefit from the foundation created by the layers below and benefit from the opportunity above you.