It's more that the life skills required in modern society are different to the ones needed in the past. People are more or less completely free now, which means they are mostly free of obligations to each other (other than paying taxes). Obviously the flip side of this is other people are free of their obligations to us, and so we can't rely on anyone anymore.
That includes in the context of workplace relations. How many employers provide training of skills saleable in the job market? Far fewer than they used to, and rightly so. They would be mad to spend all those resources on some merkin who will walk out the door for a better offer, and likewise, employees would be mad to remain loyal to any employer when their job could disappear tomorrow.
The world has moved on, and will continue to do so. And when we get old we will whinge about it.