A new poll conducted by Pew Research has found out that countries ranging from Italy (50%) and Greece (53%) to
Nigeria (54%) and Kenya
(53%) to Venezuela (72%)
and Mexico (68%) say life is
worse today.

Across the Middle East and
North Africa, views of life
today compared with 50
years ago vary substantially
by country. Turkey reports the most progress in the region,
with 65% saying life is better,
followed by Israel, where 52%
say the same about their
country. Tunisians, Jordanians
and Lebanese tend to say life has gotten worse for people
like them, with Tunisians
expressing the most
widespread negativity (60%).

In sub-Saharan Africa,
comparative assessments of
present and past are more
evenly divided. A median of 46% say life today is worse
than five decades ago,
compared with 42% who
think life is better. Positive
ratings of progress range from
47% “better” in South Africa to 36% in Ghana. Nigeria and Kenya are the only
countries surveyed in the
region where more than half
say life is worse (54% and
53%, respectively).

While Europeans tend to see the
past half-century as a period
of progress. A regional median of 53% describes life
as better today, compared
with 30% who take the
opposite view. Upbeat
assessments are most
common in Germany (65% better), the Netherlands (64%),
Sweden (64%), Poland (62%)
and Spain (60%). Greeks (53%
worse) and Italians (50%) are
the least convinced that life is
better than 50 years ago.

The Asia-Pacific region is
home to some of the most
favorable assessments of
progress. Vietnam (88% better) stands out, but views
of life today vs. the past are
also quite rosy in India (69%),
South Korea (68%) and Japan
(65%). Filipinos are the least
sanguine about progress, with fewer than half (43%) saying
life is better.

In North America, Canadians
widely report progress over
the past five decades (55%)
while fewer Americans
(37%) say the same about
life in their country.

Fulmigati:
In due time the "Black" man will rule the world once again. This is his period of tribulations.