I grew up in the 50s and 60s in Eastern England. My brothers and I grew up in a decent suburb, in a rented house, but most of my mates lived on a Council estate a few miles away. We all went to a Secondary Modern school, where it was made very plain to us that we were just 'factory fodder' and shouldn't get ideas above our station. Nevertheless, we all seem to have done OK and many of us went on to get degrees and decent jobs.
In the interim there appear to have been a multitude of radical and catastrophic changes in British society. Where do you start? The replacement of responsibilities and obligations by 'rights', a million and one inept and poorly thought through social engineering 'experiments' covering everything from teaching to town planning, Thatcherism and all the myriad evils stemming from it (there's still time to indict that wretched woman and put her on trial - why isn't someone doing it?!), the ultimate triumph of capitalism, drugs, egotistical and elitist 'professionals' who know nothing about, and appear to have no interest in, their chosen 'professions', the incompetence and impotence of the Police, and returning to those contemptible 'professionals' (may the useless, smug bastards burn in Hell!)the wholesale replacement of thought and competence by political correctness - it's much more important that they appear to occupy the moral high ground than actually do anything useful.
And, at the end of the day, everyone is responsible for their actions (there are probably some exceptions - OK, most people are responsible for their actions!) and should be made to take those reponsibilities seriously or suffer Society's wrath - no excuses!!

DB