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There is a big difference between then and now. The Vietnam War became very unpopular in the late 60s, with many young people not wanting to be used as fodder in what many correctly saw as a for profit war that our government had no intention of winning. Many in the older generation wanted to win the war. LBJ knew how unpopular he had become as a result of escalating the war, and chose not to run in 1968 for that reason.

Back to the present, the young generation was literally betrayed by previous generations. They were told to get college degrees in technical skills, then had to settle for part time jobs saying "Fries with that?" because the tech jobs had been outsourced or filled with H1Bs.

We can agree on your point about the 50-60-70-and 80-year-old leaders screwing up things. It was they who gave China MFN in the late 90s and made it permanent in the early 2000s. Clinton, Gore and Biden signed off on these deals, but they had a lot of help from Bush, Newt, and the GOP.

The American people at that time had a choice, between companies who tried to stick with American labor and those who outsourced, and they voted with their wallets.

Now the American workers who were paying into our infrastructure and military have been replaced with Chinese workers who are paying into their infrastructure and military. Meanwhile, we had to raise the debt ceiling just to pay the interest on all of the debt we accumulated.

I'm aware of the self righteous kids who got their degrees in "homosexuality in homo sapiens studies", but many did what they should have done. They got training in tech jobs only to watch as those jobs were shipped out of the country.

Our kids can't even pay back their own debt, never mind the national debt. Is it any wonder they're so angry and have lost faith in the American dream?