ah damn. This really hits home for a specific segment of the dispossessed. When you're at that certain level of wealth where you get told that everyone has the opportunity to make it big, and there are just enough people around you who succeed that you think it isn't a lie, but you end up in a mediocre spot having given up on your dreams. The idea that everyone gets to make it big is a lie, of course, but it's a lie that can seem like a promise.