I really never have believed times improved, and i am almost positive things will only get worse.

30 years ago we had a future to look to, the unshittified internet, great music, affordable land/housing, affordable durable cars, people actually interacted in real life, no social media trash. Now, we have billionaires and LLMs. I don’t see how anyone can possibly think times are better or going to improve.

Yes, everyone will say “civil rights improved” and yes thats maybe the only thing that has changed, however it’s getting taken away every day again so I don’t think you can even use that point anymore.

  • radix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 day ago

    Everyone’s experience will be personal to them, so it’s not anyone’s place to say your experience isn’t worse, but as a whole, things are better.

    Crime, no matter the category, is down ~33% since the mid-90s.
    Median household income, adjusted for inflation, is up ~25% (despite the narrative).

    Here’s a post/graph I think about all the time: https://bsky.app/profile/simongerman600.bsky.social/post/3ktds56nqus25

    Regardless of age, we are generally nostalgic for a time in our youth. Or even earlier. Notice that something like half (or nearly so) of people think “the most moral society” was before they were born.

    • rudyharrelson@lemmy.radioEnglish
      3·
      21 hours ago

      Median household income, adjusted for inflation, is up ~25% (despite the narrative).

      What’s the ratio of household income to the cost of living? I understand that’s going to vary wildly from place to place, but my point is income, as a statistic, seems meaningless without knowing the cost of living to see if people are actually able to afford rent, groceries, etc on that 25% increased income.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      5·
      1 day ago

      Median household income, adjusted for inflation, is up ~25% (despite the narrative).

      Now do housing education and healthcare