1980 at odds

Atrios has currently this thread out:
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2009/03/pay-no-attention-to-crooks-youre.html

It's about schopping malls and their decay.
Shopping malls were clearly a priority of Reagonomics.

http://ccoaler.blogspot.com/2009/03/imprisoned-americans-wtf-happened-1980.html
I put out another thread today: wtf happened 1980.
It shows the imprisonment rate climb exponentially from 1980 onwards.

So what happened when Reagan came into power? We all felt stupid. ok. But despite that I feel like a monkey since then deprived of my brain, why exactly do I feel like controlled by evil since then? because they got a lack of brain cells, they are obviously in urgent need of some, but they must have diffrent aims also. Which ones?