[TheRealThing]

I agree, but generally I think that has been the trend as a whole for at least the last few generations. Each generation gets more, lazy, dumber, etc. Like I said before, I am speaking as a whole. That doesn't mean that that's the case for every member of every generation. If you want my prediction on what our future holds, read H.G. Wells book, The Time Machine. It's scary, but that is where future generations are headed, IMO.

I agree it isn't every member of every generation, but it is certainly every generation. Without a basis for comparison, such as the terror and dread of WW2, people just keep on floating down that river of ease.

War is the obvious threat to peace, but other threats do exist. Take this deal with the Coronavirus outbreak for example. We've only had 2 or 3 deaths in America over it, but the stock market has lost over 4 trillion dollars. So when calamity does hit this nation, people who're used to running through the drive-thru every day, will find themselves with almost no options. So many folks live from day to day in fact, that when woes of the financial, famine, or health variety hit, and they will, they will be out running the streets in packs in a matter of days. But this overwhelming level of naïveté is all the result of our society being separated from want now for several generations. People 'for the most part' as you say, have no concept of being in need.

It is very scary, and way more possible than most of them would ever believe.