system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Highjacking the top comment to say that maybe choice is referring to "bad choices" in life. But adding to what you already said, bad choices will probably happen if you are dealt a bad hand, meaning that an uneducated person or a person striving to survive and cover basic needs, is not really able to take the best decisions in life. If you put yourself and a "born" poor person in the same financial situation, I believe it's much more likely for you (who had the background you mentioned) to get out of poverty than someone who has never experienced "middle class" life. All in all, the system is working for the majority but it definitely has flaws and must be improved.
gpt
Thank you. This is why people's patronizing spiels about "life choices" makes me bristle. (Educated, raised middle class, disabled and poor as an adult in my 30s.)