To convince yourself that you live in a perfect meritocracy where anyone who fails does so solely because of moral deficiency or laziness is the most dangerous

To convince yourself that you live in a perfect meritocracy where anyone who fails does so solely because of moral deficiency or laziness is the most dangerous delusion you could inflict upon yourself. The story of millennials playing video games in mom's basement conveniently fits that narrative of moral outrage. In fact there is a growing group of people who, being force to work in sectors where they compete with overseas workers who are brutal exploited by ruthless dictatorships or, to a much lesser degree, have their work obsoleted by technology, realize they have no hope of a 'normal' life. No hope of home ownership, of giving their kids a better life via college and who look at an old age of likely homeless or at best extreme poverty. If we continue to disregard the problem of lack of mobility and the inequalities the current economy is producing, it will be forcibly fixed for us in catastrophic ways and we will end up with political extremism that dwarfs the current election cycle.