Same deal: is it realistic to expect space travel to be so cheap and plentiful, while not highly automated, that we would ever develop an underclass?

Sure it’s easy to see the corporate oligarchy part, where companies become ever more powerful royalty. But when it only takes a few specialists, you’re going to be highly trained and compensated. No underclass.

I think of it like current software engineers. We’re nothing to the corporate royalty, and are definitely exploited. But we’re also paid more, treated better, more specialized, than many individuals. There’s just not going to be an underclass there