That is exagerating. Even yesterday dinner was as traditional as it can get, kids are growing well and the local school isn't big enough to place everyone. Nuclear power was quite a blow, electricity jumped 2x as expensive and plenty of people are now in poverty with all the unemployment and too-to-fail companies that are now failing. Bad things have the advantage to wake up people. There has been too much confort and complacency that permitted two (maybe three) generations forget that the world isn't kind to slackers. Whereas you are complaining that Germany is dead, in my opinion you are about to see something completely different from the upcoming generation that is not putting up with this mess from boomers.