Its not weird. People have different needs. The needs of the cactus and the redwood are not the same. But they both can get effected if shared scarce resources

Its not weird. People have different needs. The needs of the cactus and the redwood are not the same. But they both can get effected if shared scarce resources are squandered. And Learning that takes time cause the cactus and the redwood are busy focused on their own needs. People are learning Attention is a scare shared resource. And once it get squandered at population scales, it effects everyone whether they are making bank or not. No one is going to escape learning that lesson.