How does 2003 compare to 2019?

I had not yet clocked back in as a fan in 2003.  I checked back in in 2004.

How does that level of futility compare to this level of futility for those of you who have experienced both?  Without having experienced it I would think that 2003 came after a “long train of abuses and usurpations” so people were used to punishment.  But with the memory of a more recent streak of great success it’s possible that this low point is even lower but I don’t know.