I didn't say the world was just, but existence innately isn't just. Some people look like Brad Pitt and some don't. Some people have an insanely high IQ and others don't. Some are born into wealth others have to fight to survive.

A meritocracy comes with a lot of assumptions I didn't come close to making. I am speaking solely on personal responsibility and not the demands of governing bodies, corporations, or the people. People seem to have this need to compare themselves with others and it doesn't accomplish anything. Why is it that we can look at a billionaire and scream at how unfair it is while we ourselves live in the top 1% internationally.

If YOU want to succeed, again, find what you're good at, find what skills you can acquire that would be useful to someone (whether that's a corporation or an open market), acquire those skills and work towards profiting off of them. Some people get ahead because they're good looking. Some get ahead because they're parents have connections. None of that you can control, what you can control is how much effort you put towards your own success.

If have a home and aren't constantly stressing about your next meal, you're doing better than hundreds of millions of people on the planet.