It seems like apathy and, for some, I'm sure it is, but I'd wager that for most it's just a matter of making lemonade. Many Baby Boomers went through something

It seems like apathy and, for some, I'm sure it is, but I'd wager that for most it's just a matter of making lemonade. Many Baby Boomers went through something similar in the 1970s when the last of the radical political movements with teeth died down. They retreated into themselves and started viewing the crumbling world around them (e.g., late 1970s NYC) as "beautiful".