Smarter and better off? Maybe, but we’ve given up our morals for it. Back in the day you could work in a factory or another local business and support a family, good luck trying to do that now you’d be on welfare! And you’d be replaced by a trans/gay/whatever at the drop of a hat for “diversity reasons”.
F em!
50 years ago men were men and women were women. We all knew it. They all knew it.
Today—nobody is sure.
Vatican II ruined everything.