One of the things about the canonization of rave and the 1988-1992 story is that it simply doesn't make sense to me through the lens of my own experience.
Like, I dont doubt that pills were better then and the music was good. But nightlife and clubs is a middle-class hobby. Being able to drive up and down the motorway in a car all weekend looking for parties and hedonism is a luxury that would never have been available to me. Retail workers, hairdressers, hospitality workers - they're not the people who can sack off a Friday and Saturday shift.
Also the idea that it was a big coming together of people because these parties had little-to-no security to stop gays and POC attending, old ravers saying they had their eyes opened because they talked to a black person while coming up is not great.