“Success in life isn’t a random draw lottery. It is a
reward for lots of hard work and self discipline.”
Well said. There are clearly exceptions, as there are clearly those who have had the ill fortune of bad health, terrible unexpected loss, or other misfortunes. We have a moral responsibility to help those who can't help themselves, be thankful for what we have, and to be charitable in our daily lives. That, however, is grossly different from what Jones is talking about.
Misfortunes caused by events are just that, events. They can be overcome. Most of the people who are failures are products of their own chronic laziness. When they finally get distracted from their video games and TV, they discover the world has passed them by. They believe they are entitled to all the same perks in life enjoyed by others who were working while they were laying around. They buy the line that "it's not fair" that others have more than they do. That's the Van Jones groupie. That is the person who wants to impose "social justice" using the iron fist of social government to steal the fruits of the labor of others for his or her own benefit. The Obama voter.