American Doom Loop: Dispatches from a Troubled Nation, 1980s-2020s - Hardcoverby Dale Maharidge (Author) Much of the contemporary crazy can be traced to the 1980s America of the 2020s is living with the cultural shapeshifting rooted in that decade. Americans lived in a different reality in 1980: Vermont was the only state that let residents carry a concealed firearm without a permit. Twenty four states now allow this and numerous other gun laws have fallen by the wayside. When police were accused of wrongdoing, the default