I see us going through the same steps that Nazi Germany did. I like history, even though it's not so positive.
The intense evil existed in ALL times. There is no “good” time to have children. Even in the Middle Ages, people had horrible, back-breaking lives with evil “rulers”.
We bring children into a Fallen World. We know that, but God commanded us to be “fruitful”....but His Plan is different for ALL of US and we need to trust in God—and always fight for Good. That is the history of the World.
People like Socrates had the truth-—and he was killed for stating it. Jesus was killed for the Truth and stated that those who follow him WILL be persecuted. Machiavelli was just stating the truth and he was exiled...it is ALWAYS the same. The fifties in the USA were idyllic but not in much of the world and part of the population.....it is all just a journey...and Virtue is the goal. Knowledge/Happiness is Virtue-—Ignorance is Vice.
This life on earth is always just short and transitory and brutal in ways and not the goal of “Life” anyhow.