re: Are a person's "issues" a direct result of their parents?

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Starting line? No, of course not. But there is literally nothing stopping that ghetto kid from deciding he wants to better himself, and doing his homework, making good grades, getting into a good college, getting a good job, etc.

Your successes or failures in life are 100% because of yourself. Nobody else.

Most people born into the situation you describe flouder around and don't amount to shite, because they think that's what they're supposed to do. But if that same little poor kid put his mind to wanting to escape that life, there's nothing stopping him from doing so

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