Context: I laid down to go to sleep, and it hit me that we have never had it so good. 100 years ago no one reported incest, but it must have happened. Likewise most rapes. Life was hard for most, disease and premature death common. In much of the world hunger was and remains common, as does insufficient or bad quality water. There were wars, economic crashes, forced marriages, loveless and inescapable marriages, dead kids. There were bosses who were tyrants, companies which ground down your soul.
Is it true that Americans now are less tough, or that they are just more honest? Can we not stipulate it is a bit of both, and that the new softness has also a new kindness that need not become decadent?
I am just musing aloud. I should and will go back to bed, for my nightly adventures. God only knows what will happen, but if it’s interesting and something I’m willing to share, I may report it tomorrow.