It's the elevation of "stop hitting yourself" into political ideology.
The antidote to this is something John Ganz calls "The Club Med theory." He argues that while mostly we sneer at inclusive holiday resorts as a way to go on vacation without having to engage with another country's culture and people, that the original value of these resorts (still present today) is the way they let you go on vacation without participating in *markets*:
https://backofmind.substack.com/p/the-club-med-theory
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