The newbies, especially the ones who wanted to increase their rank are struggling with the limitations that some are spending money to buy copper.
Patience and perseverance is the key to increase your level. Every achievement that comes from hard work is sweeter than those things you had easy. It is so fulfilling that you started from the bottom and you are slowly going up to the top. No person can become adult immediately no matter how much they want it because there are certain things we learn while we grow up and priceless experiences. We must learn to take things slowly, limitations are made because it gives us lessons that everything does not come unlimited.

Copper membership doesn't benefit anyone if they are already a jr member, which doesn't need merit.
But yeah, gotta grind for the merit my man. Every day is a grind just tryin' to feed the wife and kids with that with merit. Ya feel? The old kids on the block never had to hussle this hard.