But that's America.
Don't blame employers. Most would like to be able to afford to just pay their employees full time rather than have to jump through hoops to make their business work. Blame the politicians and special interest groups and lazy people.
Someone else posted here that in many countries internship is illegal. I think we are seeing the illegalization of it here in America, slowly.
The millennials generally seem to want socialism, and socialism is what they're getting. Hope it works out for you all.