This is a useless comparison. Certainly the existential malaise experienced by many in the first world is incomparable to the necessities of keeping your family

This is a useless comparison. Certainly the existential malaise experienced by many in the first world is incomparable to the necessities of keeping your family safe from instability and violence in the third world, and the aspiration to acquire the stability of the first at great risk. But scolding someone for pouring out spoiled milk because there are children dying of thirst in Africa does little to fix the fact that the milk has gone bad. Our great grandparents generation were traumatized by depressions, wars, and deprivation. We are afforded the luxury of being isolated from such experiences. That is no reason to declare society a finished product, and reject any criticisms of it. Many of us want to have a hand in building a future in-which they can believe, and in-which they and their children have a meaningful place. But the world has become too big, too complex. Humans are increasingly cheap commodities to be consumed and replaced by massivr structures both private, and state - all hell-bent upon the minimization of the impact one is permitted to have on society. It is tempting to give up on ambitions, and instead live an easy, somewhat comfortable, if uneasely purposeless life. Edit: added a lot, first two paragraphs were the original comment