This is standard fare fiat culture. Don't be demoralized. (Easy to say, I know.) Build beyond it. I've been on both sides of this. I've been able find a good footing and succeed greatly, in the before times, when things were at least relatively more real. And I've had the system betray me, viscously and unjustly, and take it all away. All told, I'm grateful. When the system betrays you, it sets you free from its compromises. Nothing is free. Everyone with a cozie sinecure is paying for it in compromises, even if they don't know it. With their soul. Invest your energy in what is real. It will work.