Perhaps no surprise since recent generations have been encouraged to believe that reward and progress is automatic according to the "equality" doctrine, where ability and merit do not count, indeed are forbidden.

If young people are led to believe most of their young lives that advance in life is theirs by entitlement, how can they prepare to compete when the reality is it will depend on ability and merit.

Thus have the social engineers, modernisers and Leftists prepared the generations and blighted them.