I don't know if he disagrees with you. I read his list as simply a list of examples he could think of where you might see someone describe something as "the ris

I don't know if he disagrees with you. I read his list as simply a list of examples he could think of where you might see someone describe something as "the rise of <problem>", regardless of whether it's a problem at all or whether it's always been a problem that is just now being called out.