re: The difference between 2022 and 1980

I think the eras have to be divvied up into blocks.

1965-1971 were the biggest, most concentrated years of social change chaos Mockingbird / Ops mind-control. But how much did it affect the average Joe (other than those who were Drafted into Vam?)

Maybe your campus experience was different or volatile. That said, "Peace and Love" was a real thing too. It and the vibe was practically applied and went against the grain of the Conflict psyops going on during the late 60s-early 70s).

1972-1988 was an era of focus on mellowness, calm, and dreams - mostly apolitical from my experience.