Sunday Firesides: The We're NOT Going to Hell in a Handbasket Fallacy

Whenever someone says something like “____ aspect of modern society is worse than it’s ever been,” someone else will invariably jump in with: “Please. People have always wrung their hands about that. Even the ancient Greeks complained about societal decline and ‘kids today.’”

Person B offers their counter with a “case closed” finality, and it does indeed…