Is the current generation more like the youth of the 1960s or the 1980s?

Mike C asked: Folk music (also called protest songs) appealed to politically and socially conscious young adults in the 1960s. By the end of the 1980s, the youth culture had become very passive. Is the current generation more like the youth of the 1960s or the 1980s? How is this reflected in the music you [...]