Yeah, but while they had it rough in a lot of ways, they didn’t have stuff constantly blasting them in the face telling them how inadequate they are, bullies would only mess with those they bullied when they were physically close to each other, they didn’t have a chance to see pictures of hundreds of thousands of people’s “good” lives and wish they had that, etc…

Pretty much, the internet, and the media in general is to blame. If you didn’t know how good of a time people were having an hour away from you, you weren’t missing anything. As they say, ignorance is bliss.