It wasn't earned, it was stolen by legalized parasitism.

Big business and society is one large criminal enterprise that has a PR team that makes it's 'marks'(citizens/consumers/etc.) think they have the illusion of freedom.

In essence we're all fucked by people who have something to rightfully lose, but too many if us are to worried about uncertainty to organize against our collective robbery.

Too many still believe the delusion that 'hard work and networking', will make them the exception; it won't, it just makes one an ineffective sociopath for the fraud of 'success' in the hopes of one day being able to con others for your own benefit.

Our society parasitizes one another to repress the awareness of insignificance and fear of death; hence why we're in this situation today.