I am vaguely aware of the meme you are referring to, but I want to stress that the idea is not entirely new[1] and is often reduced to the following citation:

"We have been compelled to recognize that millions in Germany were as eager to surrender their freedom as their fathers were to fight for it; that instead of wanting freedom, they sought for ways of escape from it; that other millions were indifferent and did not believe the defense of freedom to be worth fighting and dying for."

I am saying that you are absolutely right that it is currently in a cultural spotlight of sorts, but it is hardly the whole story.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_Freedom