One of the things that really changed my perspective when i was younger was my old coworker showing me his photo album from when he lived in a small soviet town in the 70s. It was full of colour, and most of the photos were just of him and his family. So many bbq photos. But it didn't seem any different from my dads photos at the same time. There was a time when things were better, and we need to work our way towards it.