Around here, we call those people LAZY! (or European).
As long as a person is of average intelligence, they can succeed in this country AS LONG AS THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK. I'm not saying everyone can become rich (although most can if they really work hard), but a comfortable middle class lifestyle (i.e. two cars, a nice home, money in the bank) is well within reach of almost every American.
Of course it's never been that way in Europe, and that is why so many Europeans have been coming to America for the past 500 years. It's not by accident that you never hear about "the European dream."