Corollary to that, we wouldn't even know how sick we were if some of us hadn't gotten better.
That's the state we are in right now. There's a growing consciousness that we should hold ourselves to a higher standard as a society, and the parts of us that have profited immensely and grown used to the old way of doing things are resisting the change.
We're like any person who is on the pathway to salvation, our old sinful selves are actively fighting against the renewing of our minds by the desire to be better.
It's easy for the part of us that has gotten better to hate our old selves and the parts of us that remain stuck in our old ways, and it's easy for our old selves to hate the work and effort it takes to change who We are.