Am I the only one............

I feel I must make it clear that I did not grow up in the war years - I wasn't even a twinkle then!
However, I'm sure you're right about the generational thing, Post war there was very little to buy, it was a time before electronic gadgets, mass advertising and the apparent need to replace something every time a new model comes out. Also, things were made to last or be easily repairable. Now, its a throwaway society, sadly, despite the best efforts of P and others like him.
Perhaps, with the cost of everything going up by the day and resources running out, people will realise that you can't keep buying new.