Is the World Truly Getting Worse?

The “word of the day” today is “pejorism,” the belief that the world is becoming worse.

If a survey were taken of all literate people on Earth, I’d bet that a good 80% would identify as pejorists, primarily on the basis of the trend away from democracy and toward fascism.  Yes, we have climate change and other forms of environmental collapse, but this, I believe, is outranked by what could be called “Trumpism.”