Circa 1950's... Men open car doors for women. Children respect their elders. Yes Sir, Yes Ma'am. People wait patiently while others are talking so they won't interrupt someone else's conversation. Teenagers horse around in class but snap to attention and are eager to learn when the teacher barks. Morals and values were taught and instilled into adults and children alike.

Then came the baby boomer anti establishment generation. They wanted to break the status quo. Rise up and defy those before them. Break the rules. Their parents were too "square".
So this generation grew up, protesting, burning American flags, defying and questioning their role models, mentors, and Government. They pioneered in communes, socialism and communism. They put women on the same playing field as men, and took them off the pedestal. They found it invigorating to abandon long standing morals and values. To be insubordinate and question authority.

This generation is now America's retirees and politicians, and they lead following generations by example.
They interrupt each other in places of business, barging in front of others interested in only themselves. Cursing and speaking distastefully is the norm, and they find YOU out of place if you call them out on it. They expect something for nothing and feel entitled to it [[Their parents would have been humiliated!).
They will drive for hours on $50 of gasoline to get a free $5 breakfast. They will cut lines. They will strike the opposite sex [[after all, they're equal now, right?). They will want you to work on Christmas and Thanksgiving for their convenience. They are the last generation to have retirement and benefits at the expense of the following generations for their own financial gain [[retirement and good benefits are essentially extinct). They turned the American household from one that could be supported on one income to a household that requires mom AND dad to bring home the bacon and stuff the kids in child care.

And they have had their own children, who saw the baby boomer anti establishment generation as too old fashioned, rebelled against them and took it to the next extreme.
And some baby boomer's children's children have had their own kids. Even worse.

Today anything of structure is under attack. Religious people are painted to all be like the Westboro Baptist church. Life itself is a zygote, a parasite until it comes out of the womb at full term. Women are equal from employment to physical confrontation to a man. Domestic Violence is open season.
No one waits before they speak. They will answer their cell phones mid conversation. They will pull up for service or stand in line at the store on their phones in full conversation and make everyone else wait for them, and if you skip them because they are on the phone they scream bloody murder. Kids in the classroom openly talk about drug use, suicide, murder, rape, criminal violence and incest like it's a joke. Teenagers are desensitized to it all. Extremes are today's norm.

Just last night my daughter told me that her Science teacher in High School stopped talking for about 30 seconds, and as soon as he did, kids got up and walked around the classroom, got out their cellphones and talked on them, joked around, threw things, laughed and made noise. The teacher tried to regain control of the classroom and was completely ignored.
It's not just this teacher in this classroom. It's every teacher in every classroom. There is no respect for elders. There is no manners. There is no morals values or respect at all.
If the teacher dares to teach the kids some, the kid's parents come to the school and chew the teacher out, threaten the school and demand the teacher fired for "going too far" or being "offensive".

And these kids are going to have kids that are worse.

So continues the death spiral of America.
Where the extreme is the norm and each generation sinks to a level below the one that proceeded them.