America is Stuck in the 1980's

I was in the car the other day, which is where I spend a lot of time seeing as how I am a courier, and I was flipping through the radio dial. I hit the seek button and eight stations in a row were playing a song from the 80's. It is more than just a coincidence the 80's were America's golden age and many of us have a hard time understanding that they are over. The 80's were the time when America had a huge party and it was all caught on MTV. Just like the movie 'Weird Science' everyone had a big old time but unlike the movie there is no magic hot chick to make everything alright. We were all gonna party like it was 1999 cause even I thought that we would surely not make it to 2000, let alone 2012, nuclear destruction was a certainty in my mind. The 80's left an imprint on the consciousnesses of America that I believe is hindering us from seeing what is in the now. It was evident in the recent election, which was close in the popular vote, that the demographic of our nation has changed and will rapidly continue changing from here on out.