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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Things today might be worse for straight white males in North America than they were in the 60s and 70s, but they're almost for sure better for everyone else.
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I think that's a good point. My post above was mostly focused on economics, but the level of tolerance today is definitely an improvement (even if it seems to be backsliding in places). And I also think kids/teenagers today are generally significantly nicer and more thoughtful people than recent prior generations at that age.
The other side of the coin though, is that poor economic conditions and people not seeing an available path to success can throw a lot of that right out the window. A rise in populism (which is driven by increasing economic inequality and decreasing social mobility) isn't going to be good for tolerance and acceptance.