Many people consider the things which government does for them as social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism.
I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.'
I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.