>"If only I did this or that, then I'd have a fulfilling life"
This goal-oriented society, the reason we let progressivism cuck us, is because we have a work ethic dedicated to debt.
There wouldn't be capital, for example, if we worked because we really wanted to work; we work because we're in constant deficit.
The agricultural revolution didn't come from abundance; it came from starvation.
The industrial revolution came from a 100 hr work week; that's a big shift from communal seasonal work. And because of poor working conditions, we had to regulate and prevent things like child labor and monopolization.
It's in constant conflict; and you can blame capitalism, then you can blame socialism; but really, the whole entire society is based on this idea that I owe someone something.
Desk jobs, for example, don't provide food or resource; they only increase the mouths to feed and the urgency for resource providers to provide more resources.