This article seems to a lot of fluff, but one thing I generally dislike in arguments is pulling some historical period, quoting similar complaints from that time, and using this to imply that because a problem has existed before it's the norm.

History has had many ups and down, and instead of saying that anything is "normal", you should ask if those periods really were downturns that needed solutions.

Societies have always had issues, but that doesn't mean that the issues we have right now are not something to be addressed.

Agree.

Right out of the gate, "When it comes to friendship, this isn’t the first time that authorities have cried wolf."

Not a great analogy since ultimately in the fable there did appear a wolf.