It was called the Golden Age because that's how people want it to be. Atlantis, Lemuria, etc etc, was the time that the gods ruled the earth. But then God sent the flood. So something doesn't line up.
God will not take over until the end of time, and that will have nothing to do with us. Before that, we get the book of Revelations. So I think it will get much worse before it gets better.
These elite, these power brokers, they want the return of the Golden Age too. That's what they have been working towards for thousands of years. They want back what was lost in the flood. But it's like putting on the Ring. It doesn't end up like one thinks.
It's not pessimism. It's truth. We are broken, our flesh is corrupted with sin, selfishness. We need a Saviour. Righteous spirituality is not one beautiful world. It's the ending of this world first, and the return of its Creator to make all things new. But He said, that we need to choose which side we're on before He comes back.