There’s no doubt that 2023 has been chaotic, and for those born after the ’70s, it’s been the most chaotic year yet.

But Glenn Beck remembers the ’70s, and their own struggles weren’t a far cry from the trials and tribulations of today: economic turmoil, despair, an energy crisis, and rampant crime.

Not only that but a growing disbelief in America.

“People were hopeless, disillusioned. They stopped believing in America. They stopped believing that things will get better,” Glenn says, noting that in 1978, he heard something that inspired him and many others.