The reason the poor are poor is that each generation starts from zero.

Six generations laid the foundation, and then achievements began to build toward the First Emperor.
One generation reset everything, trapping ordinary people.

Emperor Qin could unify all under Heaven by relying on the lingering force of six generations’ hard work.
But most people’s fate is that every generation starts from zero—
with no assets to inherit, no connections to draw on, and not even the cost of making mistakes.

Each generation’s struggle is like building a楼楼 on sand:
one gust of wind and it all falls apart.