The last 80 years have been a golden age. Almost a billion people raised out of poverty, hundreds of millions up to a reasonably middle class standard. Dramatic

The last 80 years have been a golden age. Almost a billion people raised out of poverty, hundreds of millions up to a reasonably middle class standard. Dramatic health care improvements for most of the planet. Political and economic stability unlike any previous eras. A precipitous decline in deaths from warfare. Pandemics and just plain local epidemics were frequent and caused carnage. In the 70s I knew few middle class people who had travelled internationally for leisure, now I barely know anyone who doesn’t (Here in Europe may differ from the US). Yes I know there have been ups and downs, but nothing remotely like the utter existential devastation that would randomly strike previous generations. Just take a good look at any 80 year period prior to WW2 and compare it to the post war period. The difference is stark.