Well done. But you're confirming my point that people who make it despite the odds lose all sense of understanding for people who aren't making it. I'm intrigued as to why this is? My parents escaped from the civil war in the 90's, came here in their 30s and started from scratch - now they're a part of the upper middle class here. The issue with them now is the repetitive bull$#@! that "if I could do it why shouldn't they?". This opinion isn't reserved for other refugees or immigrants, it's their default setting when discussing several groups with social problems, be it drug addicts, alcoholics, gamblers, refugees, the poor etc. In short their (and your) viewpoints on all this is very unsympathetic and makes you look blunt.
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