>>510683438
There was a general sense of "life is good, everything in the 2000's is going to be fine, politics are boring." Eighteen year old me was called a "wingnut" for believing Pat Buchanan for predicting a near-future third-world dystopia due to mass migration and offshoring. Buchanan also predicted an upcoming major war, mentioning scenarios like a second Balkan war, a second Korean war, or a second Gulf War.