I think nobody really know what's going on. Every subgroup/subclass has its own view and interests and try whatever that might work.

To me it's mostly a sign of dislocated/fractured society with no coherent purpose. No calling for communism :)

Change education, add more pragmatic knowledge of everything to people's lives so they don't chase shiney and don't rely on money exchanges for things to happen in their day.

Maybe internet will help a bit here. Lots of people are learning about stuff through videos, we need to make it more tangible day to day I guess.