I think this is partly due to the fact that, the older generation was busy building for the future, however, the way technology has progressed in the last decade or so most of the wealth created, remain in the hands of the few, and they are holding on to it.
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.