>> Did actual American life seem so much more regimented
>> or bureaucratized in the 70's?
>
> Yes and no. The forces of reaction to the previous decade
> were everywhere. There was the constant drone of Law and
> Order. A wave of anti-drug laws, heavier sentences, longer
> time. Inside public institutions like UCB there was wave
> of managerial reforms, intended to `clean-up' waste and
> abuse. If you provided a service, you had to justify it
> in some need based accountability.
Compared to today, that sounds dreamy :-)
/jordan