Much of that can be true.

But global property has never been lower. We’ve never lived in a time with such access to medicine and vaccines. We have cheap solar and wind some argued would be impossible.

But in reality much of what you say is only part of the picture.

On politics. We’ve never had a time since 1900 of higher political engagement. Turnout in elections has rarely been so high as the last two decades.

I also disagree that the parties are that uniform. We have Democrats like Bernie Sanders and Abigail Spanberger. The GOP has JD Vance types who are little like classic hawkish Lindsey Graham republicans.

Tech billionaires have never been as consistently unpopular[1]. And data center activism has been pretty universal across partisan lines

Finally housing prices in the US finally flattened after a big spike in COVID. And housing completions have increased [2]. Car prices have actually fallen in recent years [3]

1 - https://yougov.com/en-us/ratings/business-figures?sortBy=fam...

2 - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=27&eid=20985

3 - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUSR0000SETA02

*global poverty