there are many problems with this attitude but even bicycles require industrial processes and trade to maintain. Mainly the tires but if anything breaks the metallurgy for the spokes wouldn't be available
They had war, rapes, atrocities, tragedies, plagues, shittiness, famines, etc. too you know.
At least from what we’ve been able to gather after they mostly got wiped out.
It is no picnic living in a preindustrial society.
I’m aware of the stats about xyz improving over time. But if we let the earth fall apart, as is the trend, it’s all for naught.
Sure it’s always been a battle but they weren’t speedrunning GHG into the atmosphere.
It encourages helplessness and fatalism. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.