This "argument" of "things were worse then, now things are better" keeps coming back as if we're already living in a utopia. It's like saying "back then there w

This "argument" of "things were worse then, now things are better" keeps coming back as if we're already living in a utopia. It's like saying "back then there was shit sandwich, but without bread and now we at least have bread". Wow, what an improvement. I'm too lazy to look up the name of the fallacy. But to answer your question about what's special about living now? In absolute terms: Nothing.