The statement "[thing] is worse now than it was X years ago" is not something that can only be true at a single point in time. What if [thing] is just contiguo

The statement "[thing] is worse now than it was X years ago" is not something that can only be true at a single point in time. What if [thing] is just contiguously getting worse? What if that statement has always been true regardless of when it's been said?