Idk you can do a psychological deep dive into the cliche about good times / weak men / hard times / strong men.

People who are used to adversity psychologically adapt to it, and as a result they are less risk adverse and more capable of handling otherwise stressful situations.

Look at how people who grew up in the hood can drive through the hood at night like it's nothing. Now picture your average upper middle class suburbanite needing to drive through the hood and their ensuing anxiety attack.

As another example impoverished people in the appalachians don't freak out over missing teeth, it's a part of life, getting teeth pulled with no replacement as they age. Now again imagine your average upper middle class suburbanite losing a front tooth and being told they just have to live with the gap. They would be painfully mortified and also absolutely devastated, like they lost a limb.

Point is most people are not necessarily too stupid to understand reality, they just can't handle facing it because they've lived relatively pampered lives and are psychologically fragile as a result. Only the extreme outliers with the genetics for high psychological resilience are exceptions.

Thus good times = weak men.