All true, brother. All of it. Fantastic post.
I listened to the audio book version of Assassination Generation on my way to and from taking MAG40 a few years back. It is shocking what is in violent movies and video games. This book describes game play from some of the most popular video games. It is indescribable.
There is also a story (not sure if it’s in this book) where a kid violently kills his mother. He honestly expected her to get back up and revive after he hacked her to pieces because that’s what happens in the alternate reality of these video games-death is not “real and final” (as you so eloquently noted).
Your statement of the necessity of a strong family unit is spot on. It’s very difficult in this day and age to have a parent at home (dare I say the mother or is that sexist?). However, there are creative and radical solutions. And to turn a phrase from the good book, what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own children?