"things were not better then"

imo, they were

But they were better. We're hitting another regression, education and healthcare are becoming more and more expensive, the government is more callous and openly self-interested than ever without even the pretense left of listening to their people, China is expanding its malign influence all over the place, video game industry is growing increasingly predatory and exploitative, environment is being wiped out at unprecedented rate and global warming is accelerating, plastic is choking up the oceans, Kessler Syndrome could hit up at any time and trap us into our choking planet for centuries and no one gives a shit, there's a fucking plague, and every part of my body hurts because I've been sitting in front of my computer every single day ever since those lost days of brighter childhood.

And there's very little fighting in the present I can do. I'm just one guy. And most people don't care.