Wealth cannot replace desire and drive. If both kids had these the same, then yes, the wealthy one would be better off. As theī say, one man can bring a horse to the water, but even forty cannot make it drink if horse does not want to.
I disagree. Enough wealth can easily replace that, to where one would be moderately successful. You might not turn into Elon Musk without desire & drive, but you're also never really going to be wondering where your next meal is coming from.
Desire and drive are not independent of experience of what happens when you try and push limits, and if you think that things like race and wealth don't impact that in the real world we live in, you aren't paying much attention.
