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This is probably a bit, but this kind of thing is what I mean when I say people pathologize everything now.
(hexbear.net)
A less wild example I can think of is that someone that is antisocial and had their nose in books used to just be called an introvert or a nerd, but now such a person would probably accused of using escapism to avoid the real world. A harmless personality trait is now considered a concerning problem that an individual should be shamed for.
Not everything outside of reproducing and generating capital is cope.
Comrades I have to report this attitude is... Getting worse and not just young folks.
I teach composition in the university. The major journal for our profession, College composition and communication, just published an article with this astounding claim:
Folks, asking a student to show their work is now surveillance. Btw, I should say, instructors demanding Google docs history are obviously gone too far (I write in markdown), but asking a student for process work as some kind of panopticon in a writing class where the goal should be understanding the writing process, not the final product is a totally cracked claim.
What in tarnation