First, the elite are absolutely using this against us. Where do you thing the cultural one upsmanship of working overtime comes from. A good shorthand to figure out if it's an ideal pushed by the elite is looking at the tech bros and LinkedIn nuts to see what they preach. If their goal is to mirror the elite, then whatever they choose to do is the curated ideal the elites want of us.
Secondly, in America a cpap machine is very expensive but mechanically its very easy to make one and it makes a huge difference. If you're not mechanically inclined, hit me up and I'll help.