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This is the inevitable consequence of an individualistic society continually preyed upon in consumer capitalism. We are not organized hierarchically by wise leaders from our own in-group who have the common good in mind.
Music and visual media companies sell narcissistic fantasies to the youth, that they will have their “break” if they continue trying regardless of evidence, that life consists in consumerism and sex.
Scrolling social media companies show you incessant content about social competition, to get you glued to the app, but has the consequence of devaluing a modest and reasonable lifestyle.
Companies use the illusions of feminism and freedom in order to get women to be buy their products, yet this also makes women delusional about their social obligations and their time-sensitive life choices.
Companies want female employees because it helps them lower wages, even though this may be worse for the whole of society because of fertility and hypergamy-related reasons.
Universities promote themselves as necessary to the young, and high schools promote universities as necessary, because this helps both of their exclusive interests — universities get more applicants, high schools look better in statistics.
You “bring it back” by forming or joining an in-group social ecosystem that is organized hierarchically according to wisdom, and disperses wisdom from top to bottom. There is no permissible way to change mainstream society at this point because the interests of lobbying groups are fundamentally at odds with the common good. These lobbying groups have more “voting power” than you, because money allows them to manipulate the voting preferences of the population.
Not only does every guy want to go to college because it is shilled to them, but our femino-promiscuous culture makes it an important factor for finding a wife, because they promote female college students and hire so many women in well-paid roles. (This is obviously controlled for looks, the very attractive are outliers for both genders so your story of a hot garbage man doesn’t matter.)
A good comparison point is, as always, the Amish. The women are not raised to believe they expect the best and are better than men, the men are not raised to take advantage of women, they work whatever job and get married early and are generally happy. The sexual ecosystem is tightly controlled to maximize the number of marriages, versus an anarchic system that doesn’t.
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