As a race (Man), yes, we are little different than those can came before; as one of *culture* we are WORLDS apart.
Those before were better (home) educated, more independent and had a greater affinity for critical thinking....”what’s your is yours and mine is mine”.
Today, we have ijits that sue for dropping hot coffee in their own lap, where a step ladder requires more warning stickers than steps and are more willing to sit on their ass and vote for ‘legal theft’.
Allowing the Socialists+ to indoctrinate for over a century did/does not bode well for our (lost) Republic.
Your comment about culture caused me to pause for thought. I digress somewhat but not to far from the core subject (I hope!)
The ancient Amalekites dedicated temples to their gods, whom they attempted to please with child sacrifices, which included abortion. If pleased, the gods would grant all kinds of prosperity and happiness to the Amalekites.
While we are culturally quite distant from the Amalekites, we have abortion clinics that are very similar in purpose. The child sacrifices made in those "temples" are to please the gods of convenience, population control, liberalism and feminism. The end purpose is about the same though our analysis of cause and effect may be different. The gods of the left assure us that fewer unwanted people will bring greater prosperity and happiness. It is the same behavior expecting a similar outcome but with a cultural difference.
Of course God ordered Samuel to order Saul to annihilate the Amalekites to the last man, woman and child. Nothing was to be spared, not even their sheep or oxen. That is how offensive their crime was in the eyes of God. What is our cultural equivalent to complete annihilation?