Either way I'm sure Jesus was not talking about our day. As Harold Macmillon the British prime minister after the war said ,'You've never had it so good. I believe that is even truer now. People generally are healthier now which is why they are living longer. Gone are the days when babies and young children used to routinely die in the more advanced countries.
Although there is still much to be done, things are gradually getting better for many people. The terrible Haiti earthquake would have wiped out many more hundreds of thousands of people had it happened 100 years ago. There has been masive help from the world to ease their pain as much as possable. I could go on but suffice to say, I and many others are very glad we are living now at the start of the 21st century and not at any other time in human history.