I am not really disagreeing with you. I have also met a lot of people like this.
I was trying to point out 1) How it has become really hard to work your way out of poverty with an entry level job these days. 2) How a life of constant failure and lack of guidance leads to personality trait which seems to almost predisposed towards failure.
"even if your girlfriend breaks up with you, you still get your butt into work the next day. No whining, no excuses. It might not be the Greatest Job Ever (tm), but it's better (IMHO) than sitting around leeching off family."
This shows a good work ethic in you, a strong sense of values and I agree with it and admire it. But having raised in a tightly-knit family with no financial issues, I wonder how I would have turned out if I had grown up in the a family like the one mentioned in the article.