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uhh no. comparing our actual life experience today with the actual life experiences of our parents and grandparents is the only way to know if we're doing better, the same, or worse.
your argument is the argument of the domestic abuser and the authoritarian government and the rapacious theologian.
"be grateful for what you have" or "it could be worse" is shitty advice.
"The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class"
https://youtu.be/akVL7QY0S8A
Elizabeth Warren a long time ago told us what was coming, and it's either here or nearly here.