Yeah,another "Sad but true" factoid. This is partially our fault for not taking the time to educate the upcoming generations. I am NOT speaking about you or I specifically,but about people of our age group in general.
I would like to speak to this point. I do not think the problem is that simple. I think the 20th century was hit with events and circumstances that are unusual in the history of man. We did not respond to them properly because we did not know how to respond to them properly, or even realize that certain events were actual threats to our future.
We were never going to be able to fight the propaganda from Television. Once it took hold, it produced a steady decline in culture by promulgating a steady stream of fantasy and propaganda disguised as news and entertainment. It normalized degeneracy and kept people from doing more wholesome things with their families.
There were other factors as well. The Unionization of government Employees had far reaching and devastating consequences for the nation. The Passage of the 24th amendment separated the cost of government from the control of government. It also created the subsequent crime wave that hit the nation around 1978.
A lot of the disasters we currently face had their roots in what were regarded as innocuous events and policies at the time they occurred.
The 19th amendment got FDR elected. He and Truman appointed two decades worth of liberal crackpot judges to the Federal Bench, which then proceeded to wreck the structure of society.
The schools do not teach properly because they are not permitted to teach properly, and now people don't even remember what "properly" felt like.
We are being propelled by events which are mostly out of our control and we are lucky if we can steer even a little bit.