Oh I agree. There has never been a truly decent society. Drug users make their cases, the same as peadophiles do about children - not that they should ever be in the same category. It's all been in the past, and it gets used for the present.It's always been there. "Society" has always been a horrible thing with brief periods of happiness and prosperity for some and a living hell for most. This idea of a society that used to be anything but s**t is a pipe dream.
I don't believe there will ever be a decent world...but me, personally, it's something I like to pretend to. Is that so wrong? Is it wrong to want to keep things innocent and decent for as long as we can?