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i think at the root the contempt for modern life is based in an unhappiness with how the individual is fairing in life. when life is stressful and hard and not what the person had dreamed about, it is easy to romanticize the past and believe things were better then. They gloss over the downside of life in that era and only remember the great.

have you ever worked with someone who complains about how things were better last year before the changes the new manager made? Now think about that person a year ago. they were probably saying the exact same thing because they are living in the past ever single day and not enjoying the positives of the new day. I think contempt for modern life is the same thing on a larger scale.