As someone who lived through this time period (albeit as a child), there was a phase transition in the way mainstream America treated government regulation arou

As someone who lived through this time period (albeit as a child), there was a phase transition in the way mainstream America treated government regulation around this time. It was much more common for politicians of both parties to advocate micromanaged regulation before this; hell, Nixon imposed price controls on private business to fight inflation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock#:~:text=Nixon%20issued%20Executive%20Order%2011615,in%20order%20to%20counter%20inflation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock#:~:text=Nixon%20....