If you were living in an affluent country during the 1970s, then yes, that was such a time.

And to be honest, while Ronald "grinning sociopath" Reagan" was the source of the poison, things deteriorated during the 80s but didn't start to crumble as they have been for the last couple of decades.

Four hundred years from now, the collapse of our civilization will seem like it happened in an instant, but for us, it's not so obvious.