Alternate frames of reference aren't inherently misanthropy or make people lesser. And the "if you disagree, you're proving me right" style dig at the parent poster is toxic positivity.
If someone's frame of reference is that most people are awful, I think that is the definition of misanthropy.
I think what started as edgy realism and critical analysis shot well past its utility and has become toxic and destructive.
Skeptical counternarratives are useful as a counterpoint to keep people honest and realistic. When they become the dominant narrative, they are destructive and self fulfilling. People are awful, they deserve to suffer. The deck is stacked, don't try. Life is pointless, why bother. Good deeds don't matter because they are insignificant at global scale.
A society or individual that hates itself will not fulfill any of the virtues it holds dear.
probably you too. awesome people sometimes screw up, but that's OK. if you really still think that "everyone sucks" then maybe you are in the 5%