Lol. Political dissent wasn't tolerated in the 1900s (wanna strike? You'll probably get shot), in the 1910s (why are you not in a trench dying for your country?), in the 1920s (striking again? Will get shot again), in the 1930s (reading the news? That's a Jewish thing, isn't it?), in the 1940s (why are you not in a trench dying for your country?), in the 1950s (reading the news? That's a communist thing, isn't it?), in the 1960s (long hair? That's a communist thing, isn't it?), in the 1970s (studying? That's a communist thing, isn't it?), in the 1980s (worrying about nuclear Holocaust? That's a communist thing, isn't it?), in the 1990s (bitching about globalization? Here's some anti-riot gear to the face), in the 2000s (why are you not in Afghanistan dying for your country?), in the 2010s (got a video of brown people getting murdered? Your life is over)...

Political dissent was never tolerated. Some generations just claimed their right to it a bit harder than others, and even then it was always a minority doing it - most people (including me, more often than not) will just trade political cowardice for a quiet life. That's all there is. Just don't pretend that it's the result of some fine analysis - it's just plain cowardice.