Do not just throw them away. If your environment does not provide you those gifts, the same goals apply, but you must develop your own source of chips. Very early you will learn that there will be rewards for some things you do. This is learning to use the cards you have to gain the chips with which to play the game. Use those chips to understand and exploit your heredity.
History shows that successful people from all environments exploit their abilities.
Some have had many social economic gifts with which to start while others have nothing. There are success stories from all environments. Do not despair should you start with fewer chips. The accumulation of chips with which to conduct your personal economics may be coveted by others. Despite the type of economics a political system may adopt, that system will attempt to take as many chips from you as possible.