Genuine question, because I wasn't alive then: in my high school history classes the 1970s in US history was always presented as uniquely crazy and formative. W

Genuine question, because I wasn't alive then: in my high school history classes the 1970s in US history was always presented as uniquely crazy and formative. Was it? I agree with the general tone of the article (that all of this is super exhausting), but I'm left wondering a step further here if things like social media and the "news cycle" are amplifying events in a way that's tricking us into thinking things are a lot worse than they actually are.