People are no more or no less virtuous today as then.
We've always had liars, cheats, thieves, drunkards, murderers, adulterers, etc. and always will. We just tend to idealize times past.
Haven't you ever heard of the Limbaugh Doctrine?????
We've always had liars, cheats, thieves, drunkards, murderers, adulterers, etc. and always will. We just tend to idealize times past.
I think you are exactly right in your observation except for one thing. Society usually still held up an ideal for people to aspire to. These things, on the whole, were not celebrated the way they are today. They were a source of shame. At least that was true as recently as thirty years ago.