I wish people had more to say besides what makes them unhappy, followed by 'the good old days' or a remedy that's worse than the disease. To dress complaining

I wish people had more to say besides what makes them unhappy, followed by 'the good old days' or a remedy that's worse than the disease. To dress complaining up in historical details and to go on for pages is ironic. Is the author not guilty of the very thing he's complaining about?