> the social movements that youth were involved in during the 60's and 70's were far more widespread (and much more radical) than those of today I am not sure

> the social movements that youth were involved in during the 60's and 70's were far more widespread (and much more radical) than those of today I am not sure that is the case. Contrast popular opposition to the Vietnam war, which didn't become widespread until many years into the conflict, with the opposition to the war in Iraq, where protests drew hundreds of thousands of people even before the actual invasion.