>Cynicism from a generation that weathered...

I don't disagree in principal but...

I called the behavior Redditesque for a reason. Comments portraying regulatory agencies as all-seeing gods ready to smite anyone who dares not display their faith enthusiastically enough let alone materially violate the rules are wildly popular there. Cynical realpolitik takes (e.g. "MHSA will show up and fine you for everything they can while doing nothing to materially improve safety") on regulatory enforcement are very much unaccepted over there. Millennials and gen Z, exactly the people you'd expect to be the most cynical are also over-represented there compared to the general population. So clearly there's some other mechanism at play.