Eh, I look at it more that, while people are financially taken care of, there is a major prestige race that everyone is running. You can live on basic income in this Earth instead of the Expanse, but that still puts you at the lowest rungs of society.

Along with that, trying to climb the prestige track on Earth has to be brutal. Promotions are far more rare and higher positions will likely go to people with actual management experience, which is easier to get off world.

So, if you have any drive to make yourself someone important, you got to leave raisin farm.