As a german i can sadly only agree. My personal take on the roots of these problems is that decades without REAL problems let us slip into some form of learned helplessness which now bites us in the ass while the 21th century beats us over the head with tons of real problems which needs immediate attention.
This in turn leads to the feeling of beeing totally owerhelmed followed by resignation. One thing i hear often while talking about the current problems is: "I cannot change anything about this... why schould i care?"