Well, just because (for the first time in history) the west is facing negative life-expectancy rates, and we're losing more of our 'free speech' by the day, does not mean we are regressing.
Just look how wonderful the state of the UK looks now. Such an improvement over the space-race era. Such a wonderful.... 'enrichment' of diversity at those riots. And now we have the benefit of Metropolitan 'word police' that can send a clown-car to your household and arrest you, with 3-years of immediate imprisonment for posting a micro-aggression induced meme.