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CMV: Successful people from humble backgrounds have had to work harder, and so deserve more respect than those with well-off families.

In my view, people who were born into well-off families, and who subsequently become successful, for whatever reason, don't deserve the same amount of respect as successful people who come from more humble backgrounds. It's always struck me that most of the time, that former type of person has never really known, and likely will never know, hardship - and even more likely, won't have had to work as hard to get where they are as those whose families have less.

Let's illustrate this idea with the current US President, and his 'small loan of a million dollars' from his dad (which, with inflation, would be more like $70 million nowadays). He wouldn't have got where he is today without his family's fortune. He's had a silver spoon in his mouth all his life - how can he truly understand what Americans who are struggling are going through?

Speaking more generally, let's compare their childhoods. The majority of well-off families are going to want to send their kids to the best schools they can, and good for them: after all, most parents just want the best for their kids. Said well-off families are also going to be able to pay for extra tuition if their kid is struggling, music lessons, and so and so forth. Meanwhile, the less well-off families, who in many cases will also want the best for their offspring, would no doubt want to try and get their kids into good schools - but for various reasons (catchment areas, financial barriers, rigorous entrance tests) that just isn't possible. Same goes for the extracurricular stuff - unless it is subsidised, for many working-class families, that sort of thing just isn't feasible.

It's the same story at university level (a.k.a college, if you're American): kids with rich parents are able to take full advantage of uni life; for example, they won't need to take a part-time job to fund studies/living costs (on a side note, in the UK, our student loan is basically a graduate tax which is written off after 30 years, so it's not quite as bad as in the States). They'll probably be able to pay for textbooks/study materials, foreign trips and all the rest of it. Conversely, the poor kid is going to struggle to pay for a lot of this without a job and/or significant financial assistance (in the UK, at least if you're dirt poor, I understand the latter is actually quite decent for students).

Then what about those who move to big cities (London, NYC, LA, etc) to try and 'make it' in whatever industry (i.e. the media/showbiz, finance, creative industries, to name but a few)? The rich kid is inherently going to be at an advantage, because their families can financially support them; meanwhile, the poor kid is at best going to have to take a job in order to cover (if they're lucky) the high living costs in such cities. The rich kid can take unpaid internships, some of which are necessary for certain industries (the media is fairly notorious for them in the UK); for the poor kid, these are basically off-limits. Just how is that fair?

This is why I have so much respect for those who have made it from nothing - as trite as this may sound, they've had to go the extra mile in order to get where they are; meanwhile, someone at a similar level who had many hands up in their life hasn't had to work nearly as hard (even if, in their minds, they've worked exceptionally hard). What have they done? They've had help from Mummy and Daddy all their lives. It seems like nothing they've done has been entirely off their own backs. They were born rich and will probably die rich, never truly understanding the struggles of those worse off than them.

I realise much of this post will likely come across as inverse snobbery, and to be fair, it probably is. It is also, however, a view I have held for some time, albeit one which I realise could do with being challenged.

TL;DR: Successful people from more humble backgrounds deserve much more same respect than successful people from well-off background, because the former will have worked much, much harder to get where they are; meanwhile, the latter will usually have had a lot of help from their families.
gpt
You’re right people from humble backgrounds have most likely seen more hardship and worked harder. But why does where you’ve come from decide how much respect are given? 

What if successful person from a humble background has children, maybe their hard working attitude rubs off on the kids and they achieve success too. It may have been easier for the children than the parents but is that really a bad thing? It doesn’t mean they didn’t work hard or try their best or that they deserve less respect for what they’ve achieved. Does that mean no one who plans on having a family should strive for success so that their children can learn about hardship?

IMO respect should be more about how people treat other people than the career they have and just because someone came from a more privileged background doesn’t mean they don’t share the same values in life or deserve the same amount of respect.