We have a situation today in which the young people are being taught to be completely hedonistic. If, if they marry, it is much later in life with, at the moment, a fifty percent success rate. I would not be surprised if drugs are not legalized in the US. The entire face of America is being changed for the worse, with growth of big government and the welfare state a constant situation. Our institutions and our people are corrupt.
I could go on, but I believe that we have been corrupted enough in our society that it will take more than one generation to fix the situation. It took more than one generation to get to where we are now.
Considering that it took two or three generations to get to where we are now, I do not think that we have reached the point yet where things might turn around. It might take another generation or more before things do begin turning around. It will take maybe three or four generations after that before the situation gets back to where this country will again be where it was not all of that long ago.
If I am correct, how do you believe that the next generation will be better?
What this country has been sorely missing is acceptance of individual responsibility. If what I am seeing in my generation, coupled with facts on the habits, etc., things will change. Will they be fixed? No. Will they move in the right direction? I think so.
BTW, I'm all in favor of decriminalizing drugs, despite never consuming them, but that's a whole other issue...:-)