To Modern or Postmodern

From the quote I think it's trying to say that everybody is focusing on the wrong things going on in the world, yet nobody is doing anything about it. Especially in literature, most novels, fiction in particular, are based on writing about the "bad world" and just drag on the concept of dark times. This has become a common topic in these arts, that no feels they can change the subject, or write something positive and a solution, without looking sentimental or naive. People are pretty much scared of being the start of something new and different.