They want other people to make all decisions for them, that way they do not have to take any responsibility. They are just doing what they are told.
Which is fine and their choice.
The problem is that they are not content with that, they want to force everybody else into their stifling little cage so they can feel better about their weaknesses.
I see this kind of literature as the first wave of Soviet propaganda: “You feel empty! The American Dream is an illusion! Capitalism doesn’t work!”
Liberty is something you need to be trained into. And you can't be raised or trained by cowards for it.