If you only read the New York fucking Times and only listen to NP fucking R, you'll never know what's really going on. The New York Times really is the Cadillac of American newspapers. It's bigger, and weighted down with more luxury features, but it's still built on the same Chevy drive train. Decentralization of culture isn't pretty. Live with it.
Hedonism makes a lousy premise for a revolution, but a great premise for advertising one.
I used to laugh at people stuck in the '60s, until I met people stuck in the '80s. In fact, that's probably the least important thing that happened then. You're not personally guilty of anything that happened before you were born. If you're born into relative privilege, use it to help make a better world. There are enough real victims around, negating any need for victim wannabes.