You're arguing against an imaginary position, no one is really arguing that people don't and didn't have to work for the things they managed to do just that the

You're arguing against an imaginary position, no one is really arguing that people don't and didn't have to work for the things they managed to do just that there are structural and historical forces that made what they do possible and in many cases others were right on their heels (or actually succeeded first but didn't commercialize or document their successes).