People have been saying the world is going to hell in a handbasket since the beginning of time.
Perhaps not with that exact phrase, but that is the gist of many things that have been written over the centuries. Yet at the same time, technology and science have improved the lives of the very same people who are saying this. We've come quite a long way from hunters/gatherers with only a 30-40 year life expectancy.

Yes, stupid people tend to breed more, which is why the smart people should make an attempt at educating them. Yet, in more affluent nations, most are no longer having 10+ children. And that has only stopped in the last few generations.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sat 19 Apr 2008, 18:44, Reply)