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Or you could look at the progress of science, morality and general kindness.
Your view is also valid. There are good and bad things to turn your focus on.
I'd personally rather live in 2023 than 1923, so for me, the total change seems generally interesting/good.
I mean as an educated white man, 1923 doesn't seem all that bad to me...
Does 2023 look worse for educated white men?
Yes. Granted not due to being a white educated man so much as a human who doesn't have loads of money or influence. At least in 1923 you didn't have every corporation trying to micromanage your life and life was affordable.
Maybe not 1923 exactly, but you can look at Europe in that time... That was right around the time Mussolini got to power, and why? Because of white males (and more) facing a cost of living crisis. America at that time had the "golden 20s", true, but then you go a few years later and the fucking great depression starts, probably the biggest cost of living crisis there was.
And then also compare the standard of living from that time with now, even though we are struggling, our standard of living in general is much better than it was at that time due to technology and other factors.
Right in the middle between two world wars you're going to experience and probably die in.
I'm not saying you are wrong in the sense that all is good now, and that it doesn't suck majorly for a lot of people, all I'm saying is that I think you overestimate how good the past was.
And I think you underestimate how much my life sucks.
Not really, I haven't made any assumptions about your life. I'm sorry that your life sucks.