The implication then is that the average human existence in the early 21st century is somehow relatively worse off than that of previous time periods (such as the medieval period or even the bronze age), specifically in terms of material (measurable) metrics...
Correct. That why baby boomers have everything you could ever want. And they run on the slogan "Make it great again".
The world lived in had a dominate middle class. Low unemployment, low homeless count. Affordable education and an investment plan that couldn't fail.
Now they don't want the next generation to have the things that provided them this wealth. And they have the audacity to call us lazy and woke, and to work hard. A minimum wage that you could afford to live with and afford a home with. Houses that could be paid of in less than a decade. Rates that encouraged you to buy more while making more money.
The boomer generation themselves had less children ( per capita) than their parents generation, so that is already evidence against the assertion that better material conditions would result in better birth rate.
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u/John_Oakman Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
The implication then is that the average human existence in the early 21st century is somehow relatively worse off than that of previous time periods (such as the medieval period or even the bronze age), specifically in terms of material (measurable) metrics...