Coming from a Princeton egghead that's not a surprising point of view.
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Surprised to see this on HN. Anyways, it's not just a point of view, it's backed by data. Only having a high school diploma is objectively worse (with regards to both financial and physical well-being amongst other metrics). It's not looking down on the less-educated, it's pointing out that the circumstances are bad for them. My English and history PhD friends are in worse positions too (at least financially) despite being a hell of a lot better educated than me.