Let's not forget that the people who raised that lazy, entitled mooch are now the ones complaining about him. This is not a guy who was expected to have a little job after school, or to contribute to the family by doing chores or whatever, or to earn his own money and pay for his own hobbies. Apart from mental health issues, these failure to launch cases are always kids who weren't exposed to the real world and have no idea how to enter it or get along in it. My parents did exactly this with me. Nothing was ever discussed about a future or a plan or anything whatsoever after high school. I was a seriously dumb and ignorant 17 year old. It took me a good decade or 15 years of not fun times to get any traction and figure out what other people grew up knowing. My idiot parents did that. Obviously, I approached the solution somewhat differently than the guy in the article, but I feel kind of bad for him.
My parents did something similar. They ran a restaurant and apparently thought that my brother and I had no future doing anything other than working there. Lacking guidance in developing our own innate talents, my brother and I both floundered some and got in with the wrong crowds. Mom and dad supported bros destructive behavior by bailing him out of trouble again and again. He ended up dropping out of high school and eventually became homeless in middle-age. While I'm disgusted by what he did to the family over the years, I also feel a little sorry for him. He had many talents that could have been developed to help him succeed outside the restaurant business.
The folks ended up caring for his daughter for several years, and they were leading her down the same path, behaving as though there was no question she'd spend her life working at the restaurant. Fortunately, she had an aunt who exposed her to nursing, and niece managed to get through nursing school. When we all heard she was about to graduate, mom said, "Well, I'm glad she finished nursing school. That'll be a good fall-back."
I wouldn't call my folks idiots, but they were certainly narrow-minded. My mom at 89 still brags up waitressing like it's the best career ever.