I'm genuinely not sure. I'm a late stage Gen X, raised by Boomers & Greatest. My kids are Millenials. I didn't change much about how they were raised, so my Millenial kids have a lot in common with my Greatest Generation grandparents (minus the alcoholism that I now understand was a coping mechanism for the horrific things my grandfather saw, and for what my father saw in Vietnam).

Is it caused by us or does it just happen ? I couldn't say. The 90s felt like a time of extreme turmoil. OKC, wars, disease. I grew up with the AIDS crisis, as well. Then in the 80s there was the Berlin wall and other memorable events. 2000s brought their own pain, like 9/11 , Ebola, and Afghanistan.

In my lifetime, I've seen so many major events that this is just another one of them. And it's hard to blame anyone. Shit happens, we deal, and somehow the world keeps spinning. That's just my view, though.