There doesn't need to be mutual exclusion. Views change with a person's life-stage priorities. And, it's easy to lionize the terrible when infant minds see only

There doesn't need to be mutual exclusion. Views change with a person's life-stage priorities. And, it's easy to lionize the terrible when infant minds see only the best in everything. Things in certain places, like America, are getting demonstrably shittier over time: the USPS used to work, there weren't mass shootings nearly every day, parks had water fountains, people debated, corporations didn't takeover public spaces as much, real wages were higher, the US made things, there weren't as many prisoners, healthcare costs were lower, and there weren't millions of visibly-homeless people from an unjust economic system.