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Many of us are still peasants in a sense, this side of losing our home and job if we go too far. It's much more comfortable than before, agreed, but there's similar limitations at play. Note this isn't said as an excuse, but just an observation that first world problems can still be problems, even if it's in A/C and with internet.
Oh, yes - we have serious problems, and they need to be addressed. I just often feel the need to preface it with "The past is worse" because of a weird trend of presumably progressive people pulling out some weird Arcadian radtrad shit, and it's like... no. The past is not that great. We're here because those who came before us fought for a better future, and as it's still deeply imperfect and unjust, even with the improvements gained, we're also gonna goddamn fight for a better future going forward sort of thing.
I don't disagree with you there. But we have to pick the fights that will make a difference, because a lot of us can only do it once.