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I think the steelman of "The Dude" is that you shouldn't run your mind like a police state, it's cutting against the grain.
But "The Dude" is kinda "trampy," for lack of a better word, I don't think he's a diamond in the rough or anything like that.
Nah, he's no hero, he's just a selfish man. But, of all the characters, he is the only one who is honest about doing nothing, while every other character on the film (and many, many people in Real Life) go to great lengths to sustain the illusion of activity and productiveness.
That doesn't make him any better, he's just failing in a different way. Nul points.
And then, some people are active and productive. I don't know the film, but from your description of it, it's about a bunch of losers, in a fictional world from which every other possibility is excluded. Why should I take notice of anything in it?
Because there's a grain of truth in it that extends far beyond its admittedly limited scope.
I prefer larger doses.