Could also be the increased income disparity, the huge leap in housing costs without associated pay increase, the obvious inability of the US to change the direction it (and the world) is heading...

I mean, it's rising most amongst young adults and minorities; given the political climate alone I can understand the correlation there.

Exactly, lockdowns caused a huge spike in precisely all those things. Income disparity skyrockets as the laptop class gets raises and stock bonuses while the servant class delivers their food while inflation skyrockets. Housing costs explode as the fixed supply in suburbia is swamped with urban exiles working remote and lockdowns cause supply chain disruptions.