It was their ruin. People always suffer. It's not that human beings ever escape human problems. Only dead people have no problems. The human condition is inherently problematic.
Problems are good.
If there were no problems, designers would have nothing to do. In a vital historical era, the fertile and creative minds of the time are productively engaged with society's challenges. And the population sees this process happening, and they sense that civilization has a grip, and their children have a future. They suffer sometimes, but they suffer with their eyes open. They speak out, they bear witness.