Reading and sudoku puzzles get me through my work week . <| sep |> That first part didn ' t need to be that harsh . Both problems are legitimate . Perhaps you shouldn ' t be entitled to everything , but the system doesn ' t need to make your obstacles seem like a mountain . There are so many variables that can make success difficult , even if you have what it takes . The margin or error is too low for a lot of people and it shouldn ' t be that way , nor should just existing in a first world country be enough . Like Maslow ' s Hierarchy of Needs , once you can survive , survival alone isn ' t enough . We ' re supposed to have a life , not just be alive . This shouldn ' t be some kind of pissing contest where the one who has it the worst gets to tell everybody else to shut the fuck up and everybody has to abide . And there will always be somebody worse off depending you frame it . I saw a drag queen also bring this point up during a TED talk . It ' s about not settling for less . We should be grateful for what we have , but at the same time , if nobody stands up or demands more , what will happen to them , like the middle class ? The rich always try to consolidate their wealth and never settle , that ' s why I think it ' s a bit disingenuous and wrong to compare one ' s lower class suffering to another ' s countries living conditions . It ' s like telling them know their place which is good enough if you compare to X , so stop complaining , when the rich are just consolidating more and more of the pie , and that things can and should be better than they are , for both parties .