The idea of America was that if you worked hard and did the right thing you'd be rewarded.

Increasingly that's not true.

The only way to succeed is to get lucky.

If the people at the top aren't even pretending to be playing by the rules, why should the people at the bottom play by the rules?

If you play by the rules, it makes you a chump.

This, needless to say, is a terrible thing for society.