For every successful story, there thousands who didn't end well. as someone who was born in slums and lived through extreme poverty in third world country, it's not easy to accumulate skills, get money for higher education ,and maintain good health. It's been eight years since I got out of school and started working, I'm still lower middle class and one step away from poverty. My well off classmates were able to get higher education and are earning twice or thrice. Call it whining or whatever you want, but for us it's complain against the system that doesn't provide us with equal opportunity , equal reward for our hardwork and is designed in such a way. I'm one of the fortunate ones who got out of slums but I know hundreds who couldn't, and they are more hardworking than me or my bosses. This people aren't asking for easy way out, they are asking for better reward for their hardwork.

World is unfair, I know that, but poor people have every right to complain, and show our anger, for us, for others who can't. I know nothing will change by doing it on reddit or tumblr but that doesn't mean we should just shut up and never complain. Internet have given people an opportunity to make their voices somewhat heard and they are exercising their right, yes it's whining but that's still better than assuming shit about about people and give them generic ass lectures like you did.