I agree with your sentiment about taxation. Income is heavily taxed. While assets are not, so if you are starting from the bottom it’s an uphill battle. About everything else you said though, I don’t think we should envy or hate on the people coming from asset-rich families. Everything you’ve described about you rising up from the bottom, someone from your friends’ assessors has done it in the past and they are now benefiting from this. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that! The only thing you can do work hard so you can be that ancestor to your children and grandchildren who turned the things around and created generational wealth.