http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y_5vxM8PYM Watch this, then think about what an economic crisis would do to my generation.
We grew up fighting eachother, for shits and giggles. We fought from the schoolground to the pits at metal concerts, untill we all had broken ribs. And did it again the next day.
What inhibition to kill?

what’s missing in the dowry. More rational societies in history were such that a father paid a dowry to have his daughter married off. The implication being that daughters were generally a hassle and a liability to both father and a potential husband. These days we have reverse dowry, where a man who takes up with a wimminz incurs a mountain of legal liability, and usually has to give her a diamond as well. A dowry should be paid on an exponential curve relative to the age of a wimminz and any baggage she might have, along with a potential legal liability incurred.

And again spot on about the young-uns.
I remember an old docu where a FBI trainer clearly pointed out that their gun training includes “desensitizing” of the natural kill inhibition.
The standard Call of Duty game looks about 10 times more advanced and lifelike than anything those guys back then had trained on.

That´s where us “old” grumpy bastards have to beat them with superior strategic and tactical thinking. Something they overwhelmingly suck at due to the missing mindlessly instinctual rote memory they can train so easily in those FPS and bastard “strategy” games like Starcraft.
Thankfully there are still a few of those “old-school” games out there I would recommend to (compared to me) an even grumpier and older bastard like you. 🙂