And they still had to deal with polio and measles outbreaks
But it's true that "history is a staircase on which men in hobnail boots ascending pass men in velvet slippers descending."
Some people are not destroyed by prosperity, but some apparently are.
Some nations are not destroyed by prosperity, but some apparently are.
The Trump children are a good example. Even as the privileged children of a multi-billionaire, they remained ascendent, wholesome, hard working, grateful, loving, and healthy mentally, spiritually, and morally. (This is one thing that those who have allowed themselves to become suffused with decadence and all its sleaze and sickness hate about President Trump and his family.)
YEP no polio and measles shut downs AND no vaccines until much later!! This country has become a bunch of cowering fools!!!