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So the question revolves about whether being born to the right set of parents is a privilege or a result of hard work. One could say that it's almost certainly

So the question revolves about whether being born to the right set of parents is a privilege or a result of hard work. One could say that it's almost certainly a privilege -- however what about the parents? What about the work they did to give their kid(s) access to those privileges? Just the mere fact that OP's parents made a decision at some point in their lives to say no to alcohol (or heroin or what have you) is something that should be rewarded, if not in their generation, then in the next.

djtriptych 14y ago
And what about the parents who were systemically denied access to wealth, denied equal access to education, denied the right to vote, and denied equal protection under the law for generations? Isn't freedom from persecution a privilege? Your argument only makes sense in a bubble where institutional sexism, classism, racism, and xenophobia doesn't exist. Hard work alone should be enough - but that is an ideal, not the reality.