Thanks for the lead, Sean. I’m not completely sold on the premise; it certainly doesn’t fit with my experiences and observations.

‘in the main, modern people for whom women’s equality and minority rights, distrust of power, free expression, consumerism and individual choice, are part of the air they breathe.’

It’s my experience that those most mistrustful of power are more opposed to free expression except as it restricts their ability to oppose equality and minority rights. Donald Trump’s nominee for the supreme court, who advocates overturning or restricting Roe vs Wade, for example, is a proposed appointee of a representative of a movement distrusting of power who definitely fits this model better than that expressed in the quote.

The point of view would certainly be correct if we were discussing 70s counterculture, but it’s not universal, and the attempt to apply it to the modern era falls short (in my opinion) as a result.

But it’s certainly a discussion-starter, and that is itself of no small value :)