I keep hearing people tell stories about how their ancestor came to the US broke and later became successful. That takes a lot of faith. Is there any

That happened a lot in countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.. People came with next to nothing but the land was good and they where granted land and prospered..

Of course these days the opportunity for late comers is no where near as good as the first in best dressed people.. But these nations still like to sell themselves as nations of opportunity for new comers.. The business elites love having an oversupply of workers to drive down salaries and conditions.. Lots of people arrive expecting a paradise only to end up as virtual peasants working for lower them minimum wage..

The Early Birds got the wealth in these nations..

nowadays all one can be is just a slave ffor the elite period. the times where you could be someone in life from your own effort and skills rtc are in the past because wherever you go big companies will always own anything that could prosper. its just the reality