I am very happy that I did not take that attitude in my life.
I have provided for my old age and taken care of my family.
The winds blew me to where I am in life. But it was not random. Raising the sail, and choosing not to lie flat brought me to a safe harbor. I have myself, and those who gave me opportunity to thank for where I am. There was some luck. Mostly it was my deliberate effort. My choices.
The idea that opportunities now are not what they were has some merit. But single men have no right to complain. Opportunities exist for those who look for and make them. Single men squander their freedom.
If single men complain I'll ask them how much they spend on drinking in a week. And who lies down? Able single Men do.
Single men live exceptional lives and have the luxury to lie down. Men with ordinary lives (those with obligations) know they are selfish fools if they lie down.
Lie flat is a fucked up attitude but many people can be confused by it.. The thought of not being compensated ENOUGH for you time is truly disturbing. But for the professional victim, and the entitled, it becomes a cause célèbre. A professional victim will claim some jobs are below them, though they may be qualified for no others.
Insofar as the money trick wants people people to value work, and the money trick perpetually cheats the worker, I'll agree that not being compensated ENOUGH for your time is disturbing. But this concern is not in the calculus of those who lie flat.
I think they just want free shit.
it comes down to this.
My objection to Lying down assholes is that it is a decision which is 'All About Them'. Professional victimhood, and as selfish as any heartless employer who thinks workers in poverty is the natural order of things.
What about the collective?
Life not fair?
Then do something about it. Don't just lie down and complain.
* If a dozen people lie down together it is called a strike. That is something to be admired and something altogether different.
The whine of the entitled is to be despised. Loafers and the rich are in the same social class.