The Rise of Cynicism About Politics After Watergate

There's a widespread idea that watergate brought about a new level of cynicism about politics. But an increase in cynicism doesn't explain why, at a certain point, the american people got so fed up with nixon that he was forced to leave office. I think it's the same thing that explains the rise of conspiracy theory. It wasn't acceptable to people that they couldn't hear these tapes. And can you imagine knowing that there might be a tape of the president doing something illegal? Just hypothetically, can you imagine how badly you'd want to get your hands on those tapes? The desire to find out the truth, to look past appearances, watergate spread that far and wide