My grandfather received a very lucrative PhD offer at a very prestigious American university, but he didn't have the money to make the trip himself, and airplanes were much too expensive for him. So he found a ship in the harbor that was taking a passage to the US and volunteered to be a deck-hand.
Now his grandkids, those in India and those abroad, drive cars, go to fancy bars and restaurants. I've never been a deck-hand in my life, and I have cousins who have never even seen a boat up close.
It's easy for us to think that "entitlements ruin people" because it allows us to legitimatze our individual struggles, but it takes a leap beyond to comprehend whether our struggles should mean anything or are simply an artifact of the technology and logistics we have available to us.