That’s not the reason, you have been able to do so for a while. Even longer if you count Breath of the Wild (which ran with the Wii U emulator). The only reason they got their shit kicked in by Nintendo is greed. Patreon + extra money for early access + wanting to create their own paid copy of Nintendo’s online service + timing their press releases with Nintendo releases…
Emulators are legal. Fully intending to profit from creating a competing product isn’t. That’s why they also gave in so quickly when the lawyers showed up, despite having plenty of money to afford defense.
Compared to the past trans people have way more rights and options right now. Gay marriage is also becoming legal in more countries.
And even if the media tries to push that crime is on the rise… it’s the opposite, actual crime statistics are going down year after year.
Right wing crazies/conservatives are a big problem of course (though more so in the US).
If you want to be negative about the future you only have to look at the climate crisis though. Things are going to get fucked in 10-20 years.