This kind of attitude towards people just trying to get by is a pretty shitty one

OP, by their own words, is set up for life. They could retire now if they wanted to.

You aren’t above anybody by being an OSS dev.

I am not, but at least I am not a class traitor.

Since uni decades ago, people have had contempt for devs joining the ranks of Facebook and Google. Nowadays is the grifters that work in AI startups. And previously was the grift of cryptocoins. None of them were nicely seen in any of my circles, OSS, uni folks, conferences. I have old uni friends that ended up working for Microsoft via acquisition, and they ended up depressed and with serious health problems from the stress.

You take ownership of something, and you break it? You own the pieces. Adult accountability, which seems to be missing in the USA.

If the OP is feeling empty and sad, by their own words, then, what better approach than to work on something that undos the damage he, by their own words, has inflicted upon the world

I mean, for the love of god. Let's read the article of the thread we are..