Do you think the world/society today is better or worse than it was in the 1980s?

[memoman]

Re: Do you think the world/society today is better or worse than it was in the 1980s?

During the late seventies and eighties their was unrest with the introduction of a conservative goverment for some while their was a resurgence of stike action from power workers (power blackouts to consumers) coal workers and this spread of course to other industries.margret thatcher's goverment tried to tackle the mining industry but with the closure of less productive pits.resulting strike action by the miners cause conflicts with the police force who were left with the task of keeping pickets and protest gatherings under control but some police offices took law and order in to unacceptable extreemes causing yet more trouble.In the end the closure of further pits meant that the miners strike was not going to save the very pits that thatcher wanted closed and thus many people lost their jobs.

[kc8]

Hello,

Apologies if this isn't in the right section!

I'm writing a piece of fiction which involves a character who grew up in the 70s/80s. I was born at the tail-end of the 80s, so I don't remember anything of it, and I was wondering if people here might be able to help me.

My main question is - Do you think the world/society today is better or worse than it was in the 1980s, and why? (from a serious, philosophical point-of-view!)
Obviously, now we have better technology (TVs, computers, internet, etc) and medical advances, but my focus is more on society.
I'm particularly interested in the opinions of people who were teenagers in the 1980s.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!