I think CCIP makes some good points. The past is always viewed as the 'good old days' but the I think the truth is that as old problems are solved new ones arise.
If you compare today to the 70's I think you will find that on average people are healthier and live longer and have higher incomes, the economy is in better shape, and there aren't several thousand nuclear warheads aimed a us, poised ready to launch. The list could go on. Thats not to say we live in a paradise now though. Theres a widening gap between rich and poor, social mobility is declining, large urban areas have seen further decline socally and economically, levels of alcholism are increasing, and there is a lack of political choice and a government that tends to dither and has little resolve when it comes to making decisions (except when it comes to dragging us into an illegal war).
I wouldn't say the country is finnished or turnng into a s**t hole from where I'm sitting things seen pretty ok not brilliant but were a long way off some sort of mad max style dystopia.
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