Crime was near all-time highs in the US, Europe's deadliest war since WWII was raging, numerous civil wars in Africa and elsewhere were claiming millions... It's clear it's way better, and definitely got better since your arbitrary timeline.
>I don’t think there’s been a year in modern history like 2020 since 1968, and even that pales in comparison.
Of course 2020 was a weird year, but to compare that to the height of the Vietnam and Cold War, with nuclear mutually assured destruction just inches away, among the many other things boiling is just naivete. 2020 was NOTHING like 1968, not even a close comparison.
>We’re in the midst of a global pandemic with nearly 500k dead in America alone.
Indeed, but we're rounding it out, things are slowly opening back up, and vaccines are out.
>We’ve suffered two deep, major financial crises in roughly a decade.
And mostly recovered.
>The entire west coast was on fire this fall
Objectively false. Less than 50 people died. If the entire coast was on fire, that number would be several orders of magnitude larger.
>Texas completely fell apart this week.
And recovered this week.
>Living in a bubble?
Correct, you're not living in reality. You're living in a constructed delusion that doesn't match with facts, has no context for history, and is just neurotic/alarmist.