I'm not a historian so I can't definitively say whether any empire was able to provide a decent standard of living for its own citizens (even if it was at the e

I'm not a historian so I can't definitively say whether any empire was able to provide a decent standard of living for its own citizens (even if it was at the expense of other people it conquered). But this is probably the first time we've had resources, technology, information, and supposed social structure (ie democracy) that should make it all within our means.