"Opportunities still exist" is not at odds with "the low hanging fruit has been picked".
At the moment both statements above are true, meaning we (the little guy) are on average fucked. Sugar coating it with platitudes and cheap aphorisms doesn't change the reality that opportunities have dried out for all but the wealthy and connected and even for them it's not easy.
The low-hanging fruit has been picked. But part of that fruit was producing better tools. So we now have taller ladders. As a result, there is new fruit that now is low-hanging.
At the moment both statements above are true, meaning we (the little guy) are on average fucked. Sugar coating it with platitudes and cheap aphorisms doesn't change the reality that opportunities have dried out for all but the wealthy and connected and even for them it's not easy.