Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[Thryleon]

I agree with a lot of what you say there Thry. I will make the point though that a lot of young folks (non-boomers) who didn't grow up in the 50s and  60s tend to have a bit of a rose coloured view of our life and struggles.
If you think it was all beer and skittles think  again.
They weren't all Happy Days.

lods I don't want to diminish it at all.  That's not the point.  It was very different to live in that time and of course no one ever has it easy.  Struggles are always relative, but the struggles need to be relative.  These days the struggles seem to be less surmountable and im starting to hear people complain about the sort of thing that hits everyone but they're from the upper earning parts which is a worry.  They're not worried about the cost of technology, phones, streaming services.  They're cutting those. It's food, energy, housing, petrol, commuting, supermarket shopping, healthcare and in suburbs that are not affluent even though they earn well.  Very alarming signs for society.

I dont think people ever have it easy, but there was a roughly 50 year period where things were easier.  It ended about mid 2000's.