> Before we reliably had money [...] Now [...] A lot of people no longer seem to understand the implicit social contract behind
Nah. Being a jerk isn't a modern invention. By every objective measure, misbehavior/criminality/violence et. al. have been getting inexorably better over the past centuries.
If you have to make a pronouncement like this, it's more "In a world of excess and luxury, being pissed off about minor bullshit is an engaging hobby".
The modern world didn't invent selfish jerks. Maybe it invented Karens.
It did not even invented Karens. The complainer behavior existed too.
There might be more or less of this or that behavior and social behavior changes, but majority of "past was better" arguments are not born from historical knowledge.
It didn't, and for some reason this made me think about the biblical Parable of the Unjust Judge / Parable of the Persistent Woman[0]. The lesson usually taken from that story is about the value of persistence against unjust (but mostly indifferent) opposition. However, I can't help but imagine that, for everyone else witnessing the widow's repeated pleas to the judge, this was a Karen experience.
Nah. Being a jerk isn't a modern invention. By every objective measure, misbehavior/criminality/violence et. al. have been getting inexorably better over the past centuries.
If you have to make a pronouncement like this, it's more "In a world of excess and luxury, being pissed off about minor bullshit is an engaging hobby".
The modern world didn't invent selfish jerks. Maybe it invented Karens.