Not really. Prominent Fallen have said that compared to their height they have fallen a long way as a people.
Cause it’s not the downgrade in tech that earned the name. It’s the fall from being an enlightened species to scavengers -blam!- to eating human [i]children[/i].
The name is largely earned.
House Light is comprised of members from the houses that committed atrocities. So the whole indignity over being called fallen is laughable.
It’s a hilarious double standard.
They act like changing houses wipes their slate clean but they love holding us all accountable for what we did to them ages ago by other Guardians.
Just Bungie using the Fallen to make social commentary.
Because it’s nothing but hypocrisy otherwise.