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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9367770" data-attributes="member: 22779">A lot of that is scale though.While the modern world isn't all peaches and cream, obviously, it's far, far better than it was 800 years ago.  The overwhelming majority of humanity no longer faces starvation on a yearly basis.  Most of humanity lives in a fairly politically stable nation with at least the trappings of democracy.  The fact that very few nations in the world have something like a 70% infant mortality rate is just one area where things are a lot better today.  Access to things like penicillin, pasteurization, and various other advances mean that compared to the middle ages, the majority of humanity lives in unbelievable luxury.Again, this is why fantasy always struggles with this.  Holy knights as a trope are perfectly fine, so long as you don't start digging too much.  Feudal life is cool until you actually start thinking about the implications of such.  The D&D fantasy idea that an individual can rise up to  become king is a modern trope.  And there is always a friction in fantasy settings between the romantic view and attempts at realism.</blockquote>