So you're not joking. Rather dishonest of you.
The world of yesteryear, as you call it, had far fewer social problems than the current world. So your sense of sadness is grossly misplaced. The goal is to try and arrest the processes causing societal decay, not embrace them as inevitable.
Good luck with that...and I seriously mean that. You are going to be very unhappy for the rest of your life, though.