Parents stopped disciplining (as in spanking) their children in the 1950's thanks to a guy named Dr. Spock who wrote a "child care" book. Now most people are unwilling to submit to any kind of authority and our society will become more and more chaotic as a result.
The media start the sheep usually Then a bandwagon forms where everybody jumps on.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.