What you said about Logan not doing anything to change his situation, even though he complains about his family so much... It's SO true. And I don't know if it's that he's too afraid of losing the comfortable life he's used to having or partly that he doesn't know what else to do with his life, but as much as he claims to hate it, I think part of him actually likes having his overbearing family as an excuse to do whatever he feels like doing with no consequences. He feels sorry for himself, but it's a self-indulgent kind of self-pity, because he can tell himself he "deserves" whatever because he's "so unhappy" and don't you think he deserves a little happiness? And if his family calls all the shots, he doesn't have to take responsibility for anything ever, because "it's out of my hands." Like in the Revival, when he "has to" marry Odette because it's "part of the dynastic plan." Sorry, Rory, but there's nothing I can do! You're not allowed to be mad at me, because it's not my fault! In the end, unlike Lorelai and unlike Jess, I don't think Logan really WANTS to change, or at least not enough to want to do it without someone MAKING him. For someone who projects such a "take charge" persona and chides Rory for being afraid to "jump" and take risks, he really is extraordinarily passive. Risking his life and physical health actually feels "safer" to him than risking his security. It's like he'd literally rather die than live life as a "poor person."
Yep, that's pretty much what I get from him as a character. And I don't mean to say that Logan is the only one that is solely responsible for the way his life is, particularly when Mitchum is like that as a person and father to him, but after a certain point you have to understand that as you grow up, you also become responsible for your own behavior and life more than your parent is. And Logan pretty much comes off as never realizing this, even with the half-hearted attempt the season 7 writers made.
I feel like his behavior is overall a combination of both of what you mentioned, that he is passive because he himself has never taken the time and effort to realize what he would want for himself, without taking into account his relationship with Rory or anything else, and that in its own way, he has more of a "reason" to behave the way he does and live his life extravagantly because hey, he's had to put up with his asshole father for years, might as well take advantage of all the money he's been given by him. Which is pretty ironic considering how Mitchum is an asshole towards everyone. I mean by Logan's logic, I believe Rory would also have to be monetarily compensated for because his father decided he can be a dick to a university student on an internship for free just because he was the one that offered her the post.
It's also why I find any of his attempts at distancing himself from his family to be lackluster because again, compared to what Lorelai or even Jess managed to do, it simply boiled down to Logan getting another job, all the while still reaping from the benefits of being a Huntzberger and having a guaranteed pot of gold on the side. Comparing this to both Jess and Lorelai deciding to start a new leaf while being homeless young adults is even demeaning on their behalf, not just because of how they started but because they were also driven by the need to change their lives for themselves, and not as a result of some other issue like say, chickening out of facing the consequences when your business deal results in monetary loss. And another issue with this is that we actually don't see Logan stick it out for once after this either. I mean, we see him dump Rory solely because she didn't want to marry him and conform to his life plans, and that's it. We don't even see him settle in his new job in order to actually believe that he's changed for the better, which is part of why his "regression" in the revival isn't out of character in the slightest. When you have a character that falls back on negative patterns of behavior every time they face an obsticle in their lives, and not even get to see said character grow above that in a pretty substantial, long-lasting way, then there's only so much benefit of the doubt you as a viewer can give them.
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