Question

Is there a society in a golden age today?

Answer 1

@ash2326

Answer 2

Funny thing about golden ages is that nobody knows that they're there until they're already over.

People in the renaissance, for example, did not make any distinction between the era that they lived in and the prior medieval era. The very idea of a Renaissance did not enter the popular mindset until the age of reason, centuries later, to distinguish when sectarian obedience gave way to secular humanism.

Another example: people living in the 5th century did not perceive the fall of the Roman Empire, they were merely happy that their new German masters were kinder and less oppressive than their old Roman ones. On the other hand we perceive the Early Roman Empire as being a golden age or a "high period", not realizing that it was plagued with social problems, including rampant deflation and crippling unemployment which would hardly convince your average Roman that they were living in a golden age. Let's also not forget that the 220's A.D is still considered part of the high Roman Era, even though that's when the Roman economy collapsed due to hyperinflation of the currency.

As far as I can tell, we're still living in a period of "Pax Americana", where huge total wars prior to WWII gave way to localized regional conflicts like Vietnam and Iraq. Future generations will probably still regard the 2010's as being part of the American golden age because American world hegemony is still relatively uncontested (even our top competitors like China and the EU are still paltry when compared to the United States). History probably won't percieve Pax Americana as having ended until the United States faces its first crippling defeat in war, the way that the Roman defeat at Adrianople in the 4th stunned the Romans and is considered something of a benchmark where Pax Romana ended the Migration era began (one could argue that Pax Romana ended in the 3rd century with the rise of the barracks emperors, but no external power really threatened the Roman state at this time, not even the resurgent Persian Empire)

Answer 3

Wow, very very very wonderful answer @Gatorgirl

Answer 4

Thank you @Kfins99

Answer 5

That is a good answer, but I'm supposed to pick a country that is in one and write about it. I don't know what to do. :C

Answer 6

I don't know a society or country in their golden age, so I would search it on google or bing or somewhere, and then write about it (: