Some work countless hours and still do not become successful.It is possible to become successful in America from hard work however, when put into a situation where the best way to make money and to stay safe is to join a gang and sell drugs it becomes hard not to seemingly take an easy way out and make some money. So yes, hard work can amount to success but not every person is placed into ideal living conditions and the hard work it would take a middle-class person to be successful is nowhere near the amount of effort it requires to be successful as a lower-class
Some work countless hours and still do not become successful.It is possible to become successful in America from hard work however, when put into a situation where the best way to make money and to stay safe is to join a gang and sell drugs it becomes hard not to seemingly take an easy way out and make some money. So yes, hard work can amount to success but not every person is placed into ideal living conditions and the hard work it would take a middle-class person to be successful is nowhere near the amount of effort it requires to be successful as a lower-class