In trying to understand the Boomer, I have learned that most of what you think of as Boomer culture from the 1960s & 70s was in fact just Boomer teenagers getting passed around at parties by 30-something beatnik chickenhawks. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
I personally tend to think that most of the "bad forks" our society went down happened in the 1960s.
Further study of the boomers and what went wrong is essential.
The physiognomy framing here is incredibly powerful.
Certainly media and education played a big part in this degeneration of culture. But do you think there is a material vector as well?
Are the fluoride and vaccine people right?