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What “we” are you referring to? You and your grandfather? A lot of other people are poor. I promise.

• tluyben2 8y ago
  No, the world; EU and US had no wars on their soil for large periods compared to their histories.
  • r3bl 8y ago
    Fully agree with you on the US, but for the EU, it's just ~25 years. Slovenia and Croatia both went through a violent conflict in early 90s (although Slovenian one was very short). There are EU citizens in their mid-twenties born during the war. If (and that's a giant "if" considering its fragile state of the moment) Serbia becomes the next EU member (optimistic estimate is 2025), the most recent conflict will shift to late 90s, and you will again have people in their mid-twenties born during the conflict. That's really not that long.
    • tluyben2 8y ago
      You are absolutely right. Sorry about that oversight (I am from NL; I do know better); too living in my own world. Stand corrected. Then an interesting tidbit would be if people are struggling mentally as much as they do in north EU or US?
• mrep 8y ago
  They may be poor but overall, they are almost certainly doing much better than the poor in the past. I believe what OP is referring to is that people think in relatives such that they compare how their life is to others/the past. With no bad wars in most countries recently to compare against horrific times, everyone is comparing themselves to everyone else's life hence making them unhappy despite the good times we actually are having nowadays. This also somewhat aligns with the many studies showing some of the downsides of social media.