[paulhauggis]

"I don't think blaming it all on good choices/bad choices is any more reasonable than blaming it entirely on "The System". They both play a role in where someone will end up"

I suppose. However, the system will never make you rich. Your good choices will. People tend to put too much blame on "The system" and nobody wants to take personal responsibility.

[Klinky]

Again you're using absolutes. Just because someone complains that "The System" is unfair does not mean they are sitting on their butt doing nothing about it or their current situation. Venting is a common trait & for some it is completely justified.

Even making "good choices" your entire life things may still go the wrong way. Sometimes this is life, sometimes this is "The System". Sometimes "bad choices" make you rich as well(drug dealer, ponzi scheme).

[nooneelse]

> "However, the system will never make you rich."

Never? What about inheritance and social/family connections into lucrative jobs and investment opportunities? Those parts of 'the system' seem like they contribute the major part to some people's success and wealth. I suppose one could say something like "well, the person made the good choice to take the inheritance or opportunity on the silver platter before them". But that would seem to make the term "good choices" a bit vacuous, imho, as an account of what a person should do to become rich.