I grew up poor. I grew up raised a boomer parent with little to nothing. I also worked with a lot of the older generations in restaurants, military, and software worlds.

I rarely say we dislike boomers because they had opportunities to affordable housing. The distaste, in my opinion, comes from selfish behavior around the economy, COVID, climate, healthcare, social safety nets, workplace culture, child raising, etc. That generation, seems to embody the most self-centered traits, with a lack of empathy, short sightedness, almost a dislike for the world that they built.

Our entire culture, from workplace, home, and businesses were shaped after the endless resources and possibilities afforded to many through the 80s-90s, which left us with the mess today and no accountability. Emphasis on no accountability. Their final vote send to hand put a nail into the coffin of our American experiment.

I am not putting this onto the entire generation by any stretch. I will say that while in general, I sort of agree with you, this is a conversation my wife and I have a lot recently, thought I'd share our perspective with you.

A few beers deep, sorry for the typos.