Oh christ.
It's all relative.
Americans in the early 1900s live a standard of life worse than today's new industrial nations (China, Brazil, etc) but did they bitch about it? Hell no, they were the cream of the crop.
In 200 years if there is somebody living in America but only enjoying the standard of life that I am living now, I wouldn't expect him to feel satisfied in the least bit, I'd expect him to be upset and work to raise his standard of living.
Happiness really is relative to what else you've been exposed to.
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