I can get behind this. Overthrow your country's oppressive working conditions by simply refusing to engage and proudly calling yourself a rat. Everyone in capitalist hellscapes should do that.
Literally the only thing I remember from monk is the one scene where an old guy coughs to death and monk is just like "can you please stop" and the old guy's wife(?) tells monk "you should be ashamed of yourself" and monk was just like "I usually am"
God has no hand in programming. He's just as confused as us.