i agree with you fields. im in the forces as well (airforce) so i was able to leave home with 18 (im 20 now) when i graduated and earn my own money. right now i study business sciences at a military university.
when i look at most of my homies (esp. the little ones like 16-17) i get sick sometimes. they have no objective goals. nothing they want to achieve. they only dream and seem to live in a bubble.
the thing with trying to help them actually works. sometimes. i have always supported my best friend in each and every way because he comes of a less fortunate family than i do. no father, mother on welfare etc.
but he is like the ONLY one who works his ass off to earn money and to become a successful businessman/eventmanager. all the others from good families just rely on daddys money.