I know that there's a passage in the "Hagakure", which was written from 1710-1716, where the author complains about how the youth is degenerating, not working l

I know that there's a passage in the "Hagakure", which was written from 1710-1716, where the author complains about how the youth is degenerating, not working like they should and not interested in the old values anymore. So, no clay tablets from me, but that as a datapoint on how long the youth is terrible.