The level of human decency and standards, has gone down, and its the argument each generation makes about the next, and it's true.
You realize the "decency and standards" of times gone by include things ranging from slavery, racism, homophobia, misogyny, communist paranoia, blind patriotism, ignoring and hating any religion aside from Christianity, killing off the Injuns, and child labor? You'll have to forgive me if I don't take "things were better back then!" seriously.