I am going to play devil's advocate here. I was not born into a rich family (although we were not living in indigence either) so maybe my arguments will carry

I am going to play devil's advocate here. I was not born into a rich family (although we were not living in indigence either) so maybe my arguments will carry more weight. The way I see it is that the world is unfair. If I were to make a simile with athletics, I'd say we don't all start from the same line in the race of life. Some (the ones born into wealth) start much further ahead than you do and it is not their fault as no-one chooses the family he is born into. This has been the case for millennia and I doubt it will change before long. However if you who started much further back manage to catch up to these kids, say at university or any other time in your lives, then you should feel emboldened to have made it this far through luck and hard work and keep working towards your goals. Remember that the race is still rigged but you may get that gust of wind in your back that would propel you forward. So instead of moaning you should keep your focus and run down the path you have chosen, while thinking of ways to even up the starting positions when you find yourself in a position of power and influence in the future. Of course you may fall along the way or be overtaken by the privileged ones or by someone who started even further back than you - remember that there is always someone who started behind you.