I would strongly agree with that. I grew up in a very poor household in 1960’s Britain but could see a way out with a highly subsidized education system that paid my way to a top UK university from where I moved into a profession.
The poverty of children these days seems worse than it was then. The education system in some ways is worse as people are being ‘sold’ useless university degrees. The UK government is trying to do something about this but without success so far:
The problem with young people now is that the schools are pushing universities and young people are being taken in. I’ve tried telling younger members of my family that an arts degree from a third rate university isn’t going to get them anywhere, but no one listens!