In the ’60s, the universe cooperated: It did seem to revolve around young people, affirming their adolescent self-regard, making their fantasies of importance feel real and their fantasies of instant transformation and revolution feel plausible. Practically overnight, America turned its full attention to the young and everything they believed and imagined and wished.
The 60's was the start of the younger generation starting to feel as though their differing beliefs mattered, and that the world revolved around them. This is especially true today, with fake news being spread on social media by the younger generation.