Looks to me like the government here actually walks the talk and provides a relatively good life for its average citizen (with the exception of people like John here who are inclined to sacrifice their life for some greater purpose), and it's social programs are mainly to give people meaning in their lives. That's why they place so much importance on crafting heroic narratives that make people feel like they're part of something greater or doing something purposeful. I also don't see much discrimination on the basis of birth conditions so far; the guy who came from a wealthy family is not really treated any different by the government or his classmates (there was just some talk of it but it didn't actually give him any advantage). Being from a wealthy family also didn't allow him to directly achieve his dream of going to space using money, he still had to work for it.