And just think how the millenials are going to react if someone "bursts" a thermonuclear warhead at altitude over the USA. Hello EMP, goodbye cellphones and computers (including that computer controlling your car).
I don't know if they would die but withdrawal symptoms would probably set in pretty quickly and then society would begin to break down. There is no way we could institutionalize a whole generation.
They would navigate towards the strong and form a group. Like they watch on Survivor. Then they would eat the other half. Then they would kill themselves.