I agree that even or sometimes especially in urban cities, if you live on the wrong side of the gap, it's really not a fun life. I went to my capital myself in my teens and it was a pretty big culture shock. No swanky neighbourhoods, renting spaces on the floor and not rooms, sharing with 20 other people and using communal taps and bathrooms.
But there, at least there was access to better your life and escape the cycle, is what I'm saying. You talk of a time when Kings didn't have computers. I talk of a time when most of the world will live and die without the opportunity to read or write, much less touch a computer.
But there is a mentality at play here for sure. You can't break out without the right one.
Dude I at least know that the things I can reach to matters a lot, like for example no king in history (ok maybe not the kings currenty) that we all heard of in history books ever had access to internet, can you imagine a life without internet?
It is like surreal that we can talk to each other like this, it is surreal that we can reach to any information we ever want, sometimes true facts, sometimes lies but at the end of the day we are talking about something that is quite unique for us. That is why I personally feel like it is awesome and I really want to feel okay about not living in New York or London and I am happy with wherever because I know that as long as I have internet and my computer then I am living better than almost everyone in history ever, even kings. Know that you are luckier than anyone in history even in health stuff, because medicine improved insanely better.