I would be careful painting with a brush that broad. I had a hard time being self-absorbed when I was flying ammo into a hot LZ in RVN, or teaching another pilot how to fly the weapons bristling North/South Korean DMZ, or facing down East Germans flying Russian helicopters across from the Fulda Gap in Germany. I never had a chance to party with any libertines who stormed the Bastille. I and many of my friends were too wrapped up in learning how to fly the latest and greatest (no thanks to Jimmy Carter) to gain the best advantage over whatever enemy may appear over the horizon. Just like any generation, including yours, there were and are good and bad citizens of this country. To characterize a generation one way or another is disingenuous on your part.
If this doesn’t describe you then it doesn’t apply to you.
Our current state of affairs is only the latest symptom of a deeper problem that has roots in our culture and institutions and our attitudes towards them.
You can fix the banking industry, but how do you fix a society?
Thank you for your service. You have my deepest gratitude!
Hey, I am not part of the problem either, but I don't take it personally when folk point out what I have said about my fellow boomers for a long time.