Maybe, but it's arguably easier to become a comfortable working class person in the US (plumber, electrician, etc.) than it is to become a comfortable professio

Maybe, but it's arguably easier to become a comfortable working class person in the US (plumber, electrician, etc.) than it is to become a comfortable professional/managerial class person if you're walking away from school a quarter million or $300k in debt and your first ~decade of work you're looking at making $50-60k/yr.