[iarejenius]

> I tend to agree, but you also have to recognize that by 30 years old, we shouldn't be treating people like children.

But we should be treating children like children and in America they largely inherit the disadvantages of their parents.

> It may have been harder or they may have had to work hard, but there's no reason to make the argument the opportunity wasn't there, because it typically is.

The evidence disagrees. Our Kids by Robert Putnam examines this exact issue. While there are many, here's a particularly sobering quote from the book: "high-scoring poor kids are now slightly less likely (29 percent) to get a college degree than low-scoring rich kids (30 percent)."