The main idea that I took offence to was the "economic incel" ideology - ie that the our entire society is nothing more than a tool for siphoning resources from the "underclass" into the hands of a few dozen multi-billionaires, and therefore if one engages in any productive activity beyond the absolute minimum necessary to survive, they're a sucker.

It's popular on various front-page(!!!) subreddits like r/antiwork and r/latestagecapitalism.

I say "incel" there very deliberately. It's a set of toxic beliefs that prevents the formation of normal, healthy economic relationships, and this reinforces the toxic beliefs in a positive feedback loop.

I've seen a friend get sucked into this and it was (still is) absolutely devastating.

The worst part is that it’s entirely narrative, so not really disprovable in the same way that “it is raining outside right now” is.

And it is like you said self fulfilling, where the world makes more sense the less economic success one has, and the narrative provides no moral option to changing one’s economic status within the system.

>the narrative provides no moral option to changing one’s economic status within the system.

This is where my friend is right now. It really, really sucks.