I don't think the lesson from this comic is that manual labourers stuck in dark tunnels have it just as bad as people interviewing to be salaried office workers

Alt text: While the formal sector stuck in leetcoding. The informal sector stuck in a tunnel. Both waiting for light at the end. This is my India!! Below, there is a bisected image, one half is professionals in a metro train working on their laptops wearing formal clothing. All of them have frowns. Second half is miners in a really dark greyscale tunnel, dejected and praying for their lives.