You sound like an idealistic young man who is just discovering the bizarre sausage-making quality of reality. The comforting idea that things were better in the past is a fallacy and if you believe in evolution and market forces, then as painful as it may seem, we are already on the optimal path. Everyone views this tragedy through their own lens and tries attach whatever is atop their grievance list and that is only natural. I tried to explain this story to a student from the Ukraine and she could not fathom it. I think sometimes we forget how good we really have it.