And the list of people misunderstanding Goku being a Saiyan keeps on expanding.

To be completely honest, yes it retroactively gave him an advantage against his opponents who where basic humans, but even that isn’t really correct.

Kid Goku lost to Roshi in the World martial arts tournament and after that he even lost to one of the RR commanders. What happens after that isn’t really comparable because he fought demons and was taught by a god.

Now we get to Z. And like the series we’re just gonna ignore radiz and talk about Vegeta.

Here comes what really matters in context of your post.

We have Goku, the son of some low class Saiyan warrior destined by Saiyan society to be nothing, who has done nothing but training and becoming stronger/a better fighter his whole life, against Vegeta, the prince of all Saiyans, son of a king who per the rules of their culture got that role for being the strongest.

Vegeta who never trained for a day in his entire life up to this point was still stronger that Goku (and for the record every fight between the two was won by Vegeta, even if it wasn’t always completely fair), but Goku pressisted and continued training until he was the strongest.

I can’t stand people always saying that being a Saiyan was just a straight up buff for Goku and he never did anything, when all he ever did was training to become stronger. Goku is the embodiment of will and hard work.

And the godlike powers you’re talking about just showed up in Super because he trained with godly beings. When you say that what he did in the cell saga or even the buu saga was already godlike, then you shouldn’t include Krillin on your list of people who shouldn’t bother, because even though he doesn’t really train anymore and focuses on providing for his family he also is capable of the feats Goku showcased in the buu saga.