It's almost as if life is different for everyone. I tried to do exactly what the adults told me, except I grew up poor with learning disabilities and got booted out of the house at 18, therefore I do not get to have the "good life"?

Now I'm 38 with 2 kids and way too much student debt just to be able to even get the slightest leg up and be able to start a career. I will never own a home and I will not retire, even though I did everything the boomers set out for me.

Screw your pity, no one wants it. Society is against them and it is against you too, you're just too blinded by your "good life" to see it so you'll contribute to making it worse instead.