Exactly where they want you is believing there’s nothing you can do so they can do whatever they want to you and you won’t even bother to try to make it stop.
You may not be able to take on the world, especially not on your own. But if you don’t even take what opportunities there are, you seal your own fate.
Life will mirror the narrative you have in your head. If your story is “This is impossible” you don’t do anything to make it happen because you believe it’s pointless. Change the story to “This is hard but doable” and you’ll do more to affect change.
The more you change the narrative to the positive, the better things get and more people are able to change their narrative.
Spreading doomerism just goes to ensure we all end up doomed.
People just ignore this kind of advice because they think it’s shallow or “too easy,” lol. And it’s not self centered unless your story is.