Poll... America ( U.S.A )

[walkerwv]

Are the Best Days Behind Us ? .... Or Are the best Days Ahead of Us ?

[Irving]

The answer is a resounding Yes, for every person, at any given time in history.

[BlasterBob]

For ME, yes behind since I am going on 85 years OLD.

[flogger]

Better days are ahead of us, they just wont be as easy as we are used to.

[CHA-LEE]

Its all about context and your expectation of what "Best Days" are. Every generation is faced with a unique mixture of challenges and opportunities to deal with. Every person has a different expectation of what their "Best Days" are or where. Then you have the never ending evolution of the human race in how it chooses to exist. The one thing the human race seems to be really good at is needing to relearn the same lessons over and over again the hard way.

[.455_Hunter]

What do you think is the best answer, Comrade?

[buffalobo]

Pessimist or optimist.

If you are unarmed you are a victim.

[ray1970]

My best days are long behind me.

Everything going forward just gets worse.

[Sawin]

I think we (the USA, as per the OP) will have worse days ahead, before it gets better.... but “best”? God only knows.

Different context, My personal best days may be behind me, or they could be in front of me after I retire, but what makes my personal best is limited to me, not the USA as a country.

[Little Dutch]

Are the Best Days Behind Us ? .... Or Are the best Days Ahead of Us ?

I firmly believe we peaked as a society in the 80’s. Culture-wise people could still laugh, and cancel culture wasn’t a thing. Messing with someone’s income source was considered despicable, no matter how they’d wronged you. We believed everyone could make it if you worked hard.

I hope my kids can rise above the rotten garbage our culture has become and make themselves successful, but I think they’ll struggle more than I did.