That is laughable.
How do you know people were happier? Child abuse was tolerated. Child labor was commonplace. People worked 6 days a week, 12-15 hours perday, no overtime.
And many diseases were a death sentence. Can you imagine what the dentist was like.
Yet people romanticize it.
Frankly,I didn't think about it this way,you may be right,I'm not sure what the world was like back then.But when we consider everything,they both have their good sides,but it's difficult to know which one is better without experiencing it