Far off from a selfless society that believes in social equality.
Sometimes when I look at the news I think that the direction the society is going is totally wrong, but when I analyze the data from the few NGO's that I support I see that many advances are being made, and the world is not as poor as it was in the past.
I can only talk about my country but world renowned statistician Hans Rosling did a Ted Talk a few years ago talking about it globally:
You should look at it if you didn't already, it's in the idea of your post.
And keep up the good job, glad to see others that share my ideas.