It sounds like you're jaded because of some reason. You are completely full of shit if you think "a lot of the inequality is the result of inherited wealth". I am a 'have' versus a 'have not' and I didn't get shit. I know many people who are doing well and started the same way. Ironically, I don't know many (I'm sure I can come up with one if I think long enough so I won't say 'none') people who inherited anything material. It sounds like I need to hang out with your crowd to gain better perspective. Sure, there are such cases out there. How could there not be with a country of 300m+? But to say that a significant portion of inequality is due simply to inherited wealth is naive or simply stupid. I would stop believing what you see in the media. Learn from what you actually experience and observe, it'll serve you better in the long run.