Isn't there a slatestarcodex blog about the statistical average of people having at least one significant life difficulty they're working through overall result in nearly everyone you meet having serious life-changing problems they're working through? (He listed the average rate of assault, violence, abuse, addiction, etc. in the general populace made it such that every person you meet has or is currently dealing with one of them).

In that sense it makes sense that you'll have a massive amount of pushback when proposing that people should just work harder or work more. Statistically, there's a high chance that a majority or significant minority of your audience will have one many, many conditions that eat up their time: grad school, parenting, caring for parents, caring for siblings, caring for friends, caring for spouses...