As far as conspiracy theories go, and the downfall of western civilization is concerned, I have it on good authority that it all started with the advent of right turn on red.
You might be on to something here. That was permissiveness regarding traffic laws, which them bloomed. ;-D
Hey now—right turn on red was recently elevated to a sacrament here in Nova Caesarea.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=nova+caesarea+colonial+coins+us&_sop=12
Our current gender confusion started with the Post Office and the female male man.