I agree with your point but what you old heads are missing is frame of reference y'all were raised GETTING and SEEING THE REAL. Mid 90s and on wasn't/isn't raised the same way. Lot more men from broken homes/fatherless homes. Feminism engrained into basal education, social media being a loudspeaker for the aforementioned, overyl sexualized content, etc. These men are only responding to the conditioning their environment gave them, but then essentially they cross from boy to man the night before their 18th and people expect them to have practical skills, basal intelligence, job/or good major in school, and the ability to get bytches or they are a less than on their way to being a loser.
It's a long way of saying they were set up to fail by your peer group. Kids didn't just fall off, half assed/trash/absent parenting preceded/precipitated that.
To give perspective for a younger breh who gets/understands/knows hot to deal with women, but has largely lost interest. I was lucky enough to come from a two parent home that instilled education and morals. From there I was able to make my way with their guidance. While most of their advice on women was more boundaries/staying out of legal issues/unwanted pregnancy/STIs than on finding a good woman/attracting women. I was able to quickly ID patterns in women because I did so in school. You crunch numbers, weigh stats, and figure the path to optimizing your output while honing efficiency. At this point I and the many men of my ilk in my generation don't see th point. Playing a game and winning is great, but not as great or even decent if you don't enjoy playing, or if you feel you could do something more constructive with the time.