In a debate religion should never be brought up as an argument so any mentioning of God are going disregarded. All I have to say to that, is Christianity is not the only religion that would help create better m0rals and that having any strong faith will improve your feelings towards yourself and other people.
In regards to your disapproval of comparing now to then, you mistook it for what it was; I did not say times are as bad as then, I said that there is a good chance it could become like that, and that many economists predict this to occur. My dad has is an econ major, and I have to listen to this stuff all the time, so I have the facts to back up the hypothesis. Furthermore, yes their income may have been $1 a day, but look at the differences in price. It looks like nothing, but back then a dollar went a long way. When you look at different time periods, you have to look at the economy as a whole, not just a portion of it like the wages. This goes even for today. My example would be comparing where I live to California. The cost of living I'm sure is much higher than what it is here, but in the same respect, the wages are better too. So when it would look ridiculously high to me, people in the area don't think it's all that bad. I was not saying we have gotten to that point, but it is a possibility and it's scaring people. Also, never in our lifetime have we witnessed things of this sort, so it comes off to us as something much worse than in would our grandparents.
The argument, however is not "who had it worse?" but and argument of how inexperienced was the person put into a bad situation. If our grandparents were to witness political and economical disaster, due to having lived it once before, it wouldn't hit them as hard as the youth of the nation, simply because of experience. This is not to say older people are any more stable than the young, or any better in any way, but that they aren't forced into so much shock. For example, in my household there have been days in the week where didn't couldn't be afforded, and therefore dinner was not served. For me, because I've lived this way for a long time now, it's whatever, but take a financially stable family and tell them they have to miss out on meals, and they think its ludicrous, or telling a wealthier person to go clothes shopping in a thrift store, or any used clothing store. While some would think it's a great inexpensive way to clothe yourself and your family, others would question the hygienics and be disgusted by the fact someone would buy the clothing of others and then wear it. Everything is based on experiences, and this cannot be judged on a general level, or in simpler terms, you cannot generalize the experiences of people, and therefore cannot stereotype them as that which seems to be occurring.
When I see Kinjo post these things, it comes off to be that Kinjo feels he has something to prove for both his generation and age, as if to say to the younger members "Haha emos, I'm older and I'm better!" When Kinjo himself has displayed some questionable mood swings that could be taken as emotional instability. It seems to me like hypocrisy. It's all a big age discrimination game.
Basically, the mind is prepared for far greater things by being exposed to less severe yet seemingly similar situations. It's like giving a child an allowance of $5 and not buying anything for them. It teaches them budgeting, but if they screw up there are minor consequences, while if that child was never exposed to any sort of understanding to money, they could find themselves in a situation at an older age where they are in severe debt, and it brings about heavy amounts of stress because the situation is too unfamiliar. Parents and adults failed to prepare children for experiences they would have to face, or taking blame off everyone, due to new technologies and pressures, there are situations that cause stress, that parents and adults never experienced themselves and therefore cannot teach. A prime example of this would be the s3xting situation that resulted in that young girl's suicide. Girls are pressured to expose themselves, and cell phones make it transfer of information easier. Parents are not used to cell phones and texting, and therefore cannot teach children about these things, so neither is prepared for the consequences.
This generation isn't any worse than any other generation. The real difference is that the people that are parenting us never went through major struggles like their parents had or for the ones that did, they were too young for it to really effect them, so they take more things for granted and have less experience to pass down to the next generation. It's simple psychology.