This Material difference is proving itself the path to Hell, unfortunately. That, and stepping over women in the churches and academia, puffed up and shuffling men to the heavy lifting and grounds keeping, filling their time being in charge , but abandoning their own duty to husband, nurturing children. See the Hollywood generation in plain sight, on football fields, and now graduating their own kids from highschools in the same sorry shape.
Had I been born in similar circumstances two centuries ago, I wouldve likely only been in school until 13 or so, and then probably gone on to some sort of manual labor for the rest of my life....which would have been rather short, as I contracted contracted stage III kidney cancer at age 50 (complete remission, thankfully). Id be doing well to have more than a few dozen books in my library, and I might have traveled to a few neighboring states. On the other hand, I may have gone to church a lot more.
In actuality I had education through high school and college, worked in an office for 34 years and then retired comfortably. In spite of cancer, diabetes, and Parkinsons Disease I have minimal symptoms (thank you, modern medicine!). My library has thousands of books. Thanks to the Internet, I can read or watch the accumulated culture of the entire planet at a moments notice. I travel internationally 2 to 3 tines a year, and have visited over two dozen countries.
Life has never been better.