Sounds like you need a drink right now😀.
I agree, there are choices I could have made to be in a better position than I am now. It is nobody's fault but my own. People in the U.S. can talk about not having options but this country has some of the best opportunities in the world if people just seek them out and work for them. However, they also have to make good choices as well. i.e. Don;t go getting knocked up at 16 or knocking someone up, or quit high school before graduation, then expect things to be easy or for things to be handed to you. We live and die by our choices and nobody is to blame for thsoe choices but the person making, or not making them. Most aren't victims, just bad at making choices.
Hell, I should of chose to eat better, continued working out, finsihed my doctorate and got a better paying job working outside the government. No I live by the choices I made, I am comfortable and satisfied with that. I wish I would have chosen differnetly sometimes, but nobody is to blame but me...no victims.
Back to my Irish Whiskey.
I had a couple ;)
One of the problems is that people think that because they haven't the same opportunities as others, they are underprivileged. In some way, being privileged is a detriment, because in my experience, many those who have had to work harder than others to succeed, tend to also end up in better positions than others. It isn't always the case, but there is value in being the underdog too.
Enjoy your whiskey!
I had a couple glasses of red wine.