Why are young people so selfish, disrespectful and hedonistic? Question asked by a young person.?

Don't get me wrong, I feel your pain on this, and I know how much of a cop out this sounds like. I believe as a society we are trained to chase this lifestyle. I know it's everyone's own responsibility to think for themselves and make they're own decisions, and believe me I'm as pissed off and disappointed as you that fewer and fewer people do these things. I do, though, see a pattern in education and media that de-values coming to your own conclusions. I.e. if you believe it all by yourself, it's not true. If the flock preaches money as a gospel above all else, the sheep will follow. If a major, well funded university conducts a science study and comes to a conclusion, flawed or not, it's excepted fact. The pilot is drunk, and unfortunately, most of us are on the plane. Ultimately, if the right thing is not the vastly agreed upon thing, its unlikely to be done. On a lighter note, there are still enough people that think for themselves left to rant about it. : )