We cannot compare the lives of the new generation and older generations; however, we should recognise that things are different. While things were less expensive and people had enough money to buy anything they wanted in the past, it is now difficult for people to find well-paying jobs that can cover all of their expenses. Although it may look like the younger generation is not doing well, we will realise that our daily or weekly expenses are different from those of the previous generation. A person from a low-income family will never see somebody in this generation as being lazy because of how hard life has been for them. Not everyone can afford things these days, that is we can never compare the younger generation to the older one.
There are good and bad things about both. I mean you can facetime someone whereas you wouldn't be able to call others, you can google whatever you want now, you would have to trust the papers back then. Basically things were good and bad, because then you could work for a year and get a house, now you can work for decades and may not end up with a house, specially if you get sick, then you will bankrupt.
So when you think of all of that, it means you are going to end up with terrible results, and that is not something you would want. There are good things, and there are bad things. Food is better apparently, not healthier might I add, definitely worse for your health, but father says food in 60's was bad compared to what we have now.