Victimhood Culture & Societal Splitting

Modern society lacks sufficient challenges, leading to a rise in victimhood culture as individuals seek imagined challenges.
This has created a barbell effect: some lean into self-pity, while others embrace self-improvement.
Assortative mating exacerbates this divide, with similar individuals partnering, leading to genetic and psychological divergence, like conscientious people having more conscientious kids.
This heritable psychological echo, combined with factors like two-parent privilege, intensifies the Matthew effect, widening the gap between those who have and those who have not.

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