Except that actually I'm doing something remarkably like that. I look back at the Britain of 50 or so years ago and I do think life then was a lot better than it is now. There seem to be more and more things today that look like a step backwards and not a step forwards. Things that were better than now:
- Houses were much cheaper
- Rental fees were much lower
- Less cumbersome technology. Fewer passwords, pin numbers, memorable words etc.
- Less misogynistic abuse and hatred
- No social media
- People were more polite and more considerate
- Less traffic on the roads
- Tourism hadn't got out of control
- No Airbnb
- Flying was more comfortable
- University education was free
- No smartphones and no need for them
- Villages weren't full of vacant second homes
- We weren't besieged by news
- Politicians were more serious and more competent
- Transsexuality hadn't been taken over by fanatics
- Much more council housing (public housing)
- More public toilets
- Fewer dangerous leisure drugs
- Less anti-social behaviour
- No food banks
That's a pretty impressive list of "how things were better". I'll have to stop denying I'm nostalgic and start furtively harping on about the good old days. Then I really will be an antiquated old codger.
