It ended when people were brought up to think that life should be the same for everyone and that someone else would always be there to make the sacrifice for them. People knew the price of what it was that they wanted and were willing to pay it. These days, everyone wants the new car, new phone, new designer clothes, and new everything, for everyone.
It’s like the man said:
“Communism, now there is a piece of moral extravagance”