In many ways we've liberalised but in many other ways we've gone the opposite way. Here's hoping it's just a temporary imbalance and we find an appropriate medium.
At the moment we are, without a doubt, far too far in the opposite direction to the past. Everyone too busy demanding what they see as their rights to bother to simply get on with life, brush off relatively minor obstacles and carry on. Relatively few taking responsibility as too busy demanding what they think they're entitled to.
On that note having just had a rather delicious Italian meal washed down with a very pleasing white wine and followed up with dessert wine and beer after I'm going to chill