Very plainly ask an old person if their standard of living or anyone else's they know has meaningfully improved since the 70s (except for cheaper TVs). Don't do anything to indicate it might be a politically loaded question or that you might use their answer for an argument or agenda. Most likely, if they're not motivated to lie about it, they'll tell you no.*
*If they're caught in the Trump Reality Distortion Field, they'll insist that 2016 to 2020 were the best years of modern history.
Eh, I don't think most older folks (or even most young folks) really consider the smart phone to be a meaningful quality of life improvement. At that, certainly not enough of one to close the gap of the last fifty years.
Very plainly ask an old person if their standard of living or anyone else's they know has meaningfully improved since the 70s (except for cheaper TVs). Don't do anything to indicate it might be a politically loaded question or that you might use their answer for an argument or agenda. Most likely, if they're not motivated to lie about it, they'll tell you no.*
*If they're caught in the Trump Reality Distortion Field, they'll insist that 2016 to 2020 were the best years of modern history.
But iPhone
But Vuvuzela
I have been owned
Eh, I don't think most older folks (or even most young folks) really consider the smart phone to be a meaningful quality of life improvement. At that, certainly not enough of one to close the gap of the last fifty years.
“Back in my day, we didn’t have cell phones”