Partly agree too. Some do embrace “loser” status. They are lost and bloody hard to get back. And they do damage - to themselves and within their peergroup. That’s the worst part of stigmatization - children don’t have perspective to deal with it when it happens to them, and you do see a “well, fuck it all then” change happen sometimes. Smoking, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, “risky behavior”, personality problems, academic problems, nearly every emotional disorder, and I could on - in some way or another the foundation is a self-esteem issue. Paint a line and say once you cross that you are bad - and some will cross it, and believe they are bad.
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