I am reading The Conquest Of Happiness by Bertrand Russell.
It was first published in 1930 and Russell has no qualms about slamming any kind of person who is on what he sees as the wrong road.
He has no time for people who put on airs or are only interested in experiences so that they can brag about them.
He thinks the Protestant work ethic produces tight-jawed success-oriented people with overdeveloped wills and an underdeveloped intellect and sense of enjoyment of life.
He thinks they will extinguish themselves in time (fewer children, and eventual sterility caused by being fixated on success that, once attained, leaves ennui and dissolution).
I will add to this review as I read more.