What decade did Western Civilization peak?

[Islam Imamate]

Didn't like it? Amadeus then?

 

[Ridgeback]

China is Peking right now.

 

[Diogenes of Sinope]

In terms of art, movies are in a down period, but TV today blows away previous eras. Painters are more skilled than ever, but it's hard to judge other aspects of art in the moment. Popular music is also advanced technically (and the best lyrics blow away anything from other eras), but arguably at a down period in other ways, in part because the genres besides rap are kind of exhausted. Video games are a new form, and I don't really play. Hard to judge literature in the moment, but there are a lot of first-rate talents working (Egan just dropped a new one, for example).

I think TV was better in the early 2000s. The wire, Sopranos. But In terms of production quality, yes. There was a lot of trash reality tv back then too, so youre probably right

 

[Diogenes of Sinope]

It hasn't yet. You're living in the best times in human history and you don't even know it.

I appreciate the optimism

 

[TheGreatA]

I guess it depends on how you're looking at it. If it's overall power and influence then it's probably pre-WW2 ages, when the British Empire was still a thing, and Europe on the whole was more influential.

 

[LMP]

It hasnt yet, there will be set backs, but over all we keep marching forward with progress.

 

[My Spot]

1990s. Best TV shows, music (nu metal especially), movies, rasslin, video games, clothing, etc. Had cell phones and the internet but they didn't control us yet.

 

[Corona]

The limp bizkit era

 

[lifelessheap]

if you take out desert storm; so basically from 92-98, those were pretty prosperous years for western civ

Best ever!

 

[Canned Tuna]

Maybe when the British Empire was at its peak in the early 1900s?

 

[Omegaboy13]

There is an element of truth to this from a material/technological standpoint.
We have it CRAZY good in terms of material prosperity, access to the widest possible array of foods, entertainment that wouldn't have even been available to kings, 4 generations ago... Things like Cancer aren't an insta-death sentence, etc...

Socially and culturally, different story.

Yeah? Haven't seen a gay bashing or lynching in a while. Some things like social media, I totally agree.

 

[Darkballs]

If you are basing this on proper things to judge a civilization on, such as: food scarcity, economic opportunity, quality of medical care, and genuine mobility; then the answer is the present.

If you are instead basing this on some retarded notion of morals, as the TS is, then it's a choose your own adventure of picking whatever era had the right amount of conservatism.

 

[Jeffy37]

So you think war and genocide is "peak status?"

That's not even close to the truth.

 

[Jeffy37]

It hasnt yet, there will be set backs, but over all we keep marching forward with progress.

I believe this is the truth. We will always have set backs. That doesn't mean a decline in the long run

 

[Chillez]

90’s to early 2000’s.

 

[Chillez]

1990s. Best TV shows, music (nu metal especially), movies, rasslin, video games, clothing, etc. Had cell phones and the internet but they didn't control us yet.

I miss that era so much man if I could I would go back in a heartbeat in snap of fingers.

 

[PrinceOfPain]

Depends whether you consider the British Empire or American hegemony a higher peak.
If the latter, I'd say the 70s, or thereabouts.

 

[Rand M Arthur]

Late 90's and early 00's.

 

[freakroor]

never. it always sucked. you can't build a great civilization based on slavery and war, at least in my opinion.

 

[SanchoMF]

Late-90's until early 00's.. And the decline has been a fast one ever since.