Has any generation had higher expectations?

Circa 1970, when we were 24, the alienation was at an almost unbelievable extreme:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground

But that’s because circa 1960, when we were 14, our expectations had been extremely high.

JFK had just been elected. And the background music went like this:

[He]
There are girls just ripe for some kissin’
And I mean to kiss me a few!
Oh, those girls don’t know what they’re missin’
I got a lot of living to do!

Sizzlin’ steaks all ready for tasting
And there’s Cadillacs all shiny and new!
Gotta move, cause time is a-wasting
There’s such a lot of living to do!

[She]
There are men of nineteen or twenty
Who are suave and gracious and true
Older men who’ll give a girl plenty
I’ve gotta a lot of living to do

[All]
There’s music to play, places to go, people to see . . .
Everything for you and me!

Crazy clothes and motor boat races
Someone nice to cuddle up to
Broadway lights and wide open spaces
There’s such a lot of living to do

Lots of dates and no one to scold you
Loop-the-loop and laugh at the view
Moonlight swims and someone to hold you
We’ve got a lot of living to do!

There’s music to play, places to go, people to see . . .
Everything, for you and me!

Life’s a ball, if only you know it
And it’s all just waiting for you
You’re alive, so come on and show it
We got a lot of living, such a lot of living
What a lot of living to do!

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(it was all downhill from there)