No it's pretty solid, from the ground up stance. Those who values independence and control over their life are much happier with this setup rather than going too quickly to barely catch up or even fall.
I think there is nothing wrong with your observation as long as you remain kind to people around you. Meanwhile you can be figuring up way how make your ideas happen.
I indeed intend to do that. However, I don't believe in patching up a magical business formula, hypnotising VCs and raising again every other year.
I believe in small bootstrapped businesses that take years to build and can't become full-time occupations before a long time.
I find raising 1M and making 100K in revenue less successful and admirable than raising 0 and making 10K.
But that's just my humble clueless ignorant take on this.