Why aren't young men content to be a cog in the machine? The American dream is dead. Blue collar workers can't get a home, a stable marriage or path of advance

Why aren't young men content to be a cog in the machine? The American dream is dead. Blue collar workers can't get a home, a stable marriage or path of advancement in the workplace. Why wouldn't they turn off, tune in and drop out? The economy is bifurcated. The price of most creature comforts, like video games, music, and other entertainment spirals down to nothing. While the requirements to become productive member of society (degrees, medical insurance, homes) spirals up. A person making fifteen thousand versus thirty thousand isn't going to make much of a difference when it comes to the big purchases. Diminishing returns have never been higher for unskilled labor. Why wouldn't people direct that towards leisure?