Name one generation which was significantly better then ours. Why so?

By resorting to this idealistic nihilism you are ignoring the successes that we have achieved in this time. A black man is president when 50 years ago he couldn't vote, the fact that we even consider the poor and minorities is a giant step forward. Instead of proclaiming the downfall of the west, why not try to address the wrongs you see in the world? Progress is not made by looking back on some non existent golden age, or even looking at the present. True progress only looks at the possibilities of the future.