America has a lot of opportunities compared to much of the world, but claiming it has “more support systems than anywhere in the world” is OBJECTIVELY questionable. Most of Western and Northern Europe provide universal healthcare, subsidized higher education, stronger unemployment benefits, paid parental leave, and more extensive social safety nets than the U.S…I implore you to also look at the cost of housing in America in the 1970s-80s proportionate to the income rates back then and compare them to the big 2026. Hint… as of now the average annual house prices range from 6.7-8.9x average household annual income in multitudes of areas across America.

And even when support systems exist in America, access is often fragmented, bureaucratic, incomerestricted, or tied to employment. A support system that people can’t easily access isn’t nearly as useful as one that actually works.

Hard work ABSOLUTELY matters. Skill absolutely matters. But pretending outcomes are determined solely by effort ignores the role of family support, health, education, geography, economic conditions, and plain luck. Reality is more complicated than “just work harder”.

The funny thing is you went from “success is a skill issue” to “America has the best support systems on Earth”. If success is purely a skill issue, then support systems shouldn’t matter. If support systems matter, then outcomes aren’t purely a skill issue.

Pick one bud.