Because they haven’t studied history or people. They have studied their own success, gone to the conclusion that they made that success through hard work and deserve it (which doesn’t have to be wrong! Just also not the whole truth).
Humans create agency when given the chance. Agency creates outcomes.
This post instantly made me think of this list. Thanks for beating me to posting it!
If “no one wants to work anymore” that says more about the employer making the claim than it does about the people finding other work. Should be obvious.