As someone born in the late 60s, I also feel like the 90s were a period of great optimism for social, economic, and political change for the better. The fall of the Soviet Union gave us the promise of stepping back from the edge of nuclear annihilation and the world felt like it was generally getting better. The super powers were ending their proxy wars in many countries and it seemed like peace and prosperity were on the horizon.
The world.changed for the worst in the early 2000a with the 9-11 attacks prompting decades of war in the middle.east. The costs.of those wars affected most of the world negatively and brought about the rise of the super rich oligarchy we see in many countries today.
I honestly do not see us returning to a period where the bulk of the world's population has a positive future ahead of them.
I am so sorry for your loss. I've had two British Golden Retrievers from the same breeder that developed the exact same tumor and had to be put down. I will never again get a dog from that breeder and will likely never again get a purebred dog because of things like this.
No, most stores do not have greeters in the United States. You encountered a "Karen", a rude entitled American woman. There are so many of them in the US now. I used to love my country but every day I despise the bulk of the US population more and more. There are so many uneducated self-important assholes here now.
When is his anal cancer going to hurry up and kill him?