Young adults now are to a great percentage children of parents who were brought up with pills and excuses for everything, and not much accountability. Can't afford college, an expensive car or a McMansion....get a loan. Work to pay for a vacation....that's what credit cards are for. A personality that doesn't meet someone's idea of normal....take a pill and shut up. Got a toothache?....here's a painkiller etc Fantasy vs Reality?.....it's all so blurred.
I don't know how our "civilization" walks it back. Sometimes I feel like I'm in one of those sci-fi movies, where one by one everyone is being turned into a zombie by aliens.
I hear you, I really think a lot of this cannot be fixed at this point. I am an optimist, so I think we fix what we can and move forward. Many will fall through the cracks though and I don’t know what if anything can be done about that.