We have a whole generation who are disconnected from reality, thanks to television. On TV, people don't die unless they're "bad". Somebody or something will save them at the last minute. Everything will turn out alright. When you're shot, the paramedics come right away...
The young folks today have been brainwashed with the crap on TV, and with the morality of self-sacrifice. I'm not sure they realize that bad things happen to good people, and that they alone are responsible for protecting their own lives.
I wish more young people could afford to learn to fly. Flying "chelates" all that crap out of one's brain. When you're up there alone, your life depends completely on the decisions you make. It's the best way to learn about how reality works in (above) the world.