Two words: moral hazard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard It's the perfectly normal result of adding so m

Two words: moral hazard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard It's the perfectly normal result of adding so many "safety nets" to life that young adults correctly ascertain that they can literally go wild and someone will come along and save them from their own actions. Of course, this isn't entirely the case, so you end up with trips to the ER instead of a friend saying "hey, dude, you're done for the night and I'm going to drive you home...". There's also this TED talk that I really enjoyed that deals with this issue to some degree: https://www.ted.com/talks/philip_howard https://www.ted.com/talks/philip_howard We need a return to common sense and an expectation that the individual has autonomy and authority over their own actions and those that they are responsible for.