There will never be a time of mass peace and enlightenment
There will never be Pax Americana in the present.
The good times will always be the good ole days because good times can only be constructed through nostalgia and the myths built around yesterday
While in the present there will always be a wish for improvement
it's all just a series of good days followed by bad days followed by good days and once again followed by bad days.
Just the way it is.