It would seem most likely that some things were ideal 90 years ago and some things are ideal today. In other words, it's not that government or society gets bet

It would seem most likely that some things were ideal 90 years ago and some things are ideal today. In other words, it's not that government or society gets better over time in all vectors. Certainly it regresses on many of them over time, and some things suffer from atrophy and entropy, even things that may have been a good idea at the time may no longer serve their intended purpose, or may hold society back on some vectors due to over investment in programs designed decades ago.