are you kidding?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Generation

ummm

if that was the Greatest Generation

why do we face a situation now where THE FUTURE OF CIVILIZATION IS IN DOUBT owing to climate disruption, pollution, habitat destruction, pollution, ocean acidification, pollution, desertification, pollution, solid waste profusion, pollution, congestion, depletion, pollution, deforestation, pollution, over-development, pollution, over-exploitation, and pollution?

great legacy, Greatest