The fallacy here is that you are acting as though these things are all fungible. Would you rather be a random American today who is unable to form satisfying e

The fallacy here is that you are acting as though these things are all fungible. Would you rather be a random American today who is unable to form satisfying emotional relationships because of the lack emotionally available parents during development or would you rather be a random American 50 years ago who has warm loving connections? That's what's being compared here. Why should we have to trade one for another? This should make us recognize that there is a problem. Otherwise the apparent celebration of progress is actually just a defeatist 'be grateful for what you have'.