Well yes there is technology, but there has also been lost technology.
Yes we don't have marauding hoards, but that is as long as you have paid protection and policing; meaning past societies who were economically well off did not allow marauding hoards into their country and had some expectation of law-and order. In other words we could lose our law-and-order very quickly if we had an economic collapse. Rinse-Repeat ? Just my thoughts on your comment. Thank you for commenting.