The worst part of that particular paradigm is how often the people with the least power are scolded for not doing better. From "how dare you work for that big environment-destroying company and use all that single-use plastic", to "well if you hate your job find a better one". Quitting a bad job is a huge risk (I've been able to do it in my life, but only because of privilege; the inherited money sitting aside in a "safety" account is very empowering, even if it's only enough to live for a few months in a pinch). Finding a new job while still working is a huge risk, because it can explode in your face. And if you're living in povery, the road to a "better" job is incredibly fraught. Making sustainable choices is expensive. Moving somewhere else for better opportunities is *prohibitively* expensive. And yet we're innundated with bootstraps-narratives and a constant sense of "you don't deserve any better".