I’m an early boomer — almost 60 now —
Oddly, I guess, I never once participated in any of the 60’s/70’s antics. I started working right out of high school — at age 17. While marches against Viet Nam carried on, I was at work. The (older) boss said I was part of the “establishment” which never bothered me at all but was a real insult to some back then.
I recall the march in L.A. against Viet Nam war when Lyndon Johnson was visiting. All dressed up I went over to the site after work just to see what was happening. It was horrifying. I did not relate to my so-called peers at all.
My like-minded friends and I have never felt a part of the typical boomer generation. Always said we were born too late; would have preferred being born in the early forties.
I watched with amusement as many same age people grew up a bit and out of the “hippie” stage and became the great consumers boomers have been known to be for a long time. A few “hippies” remained the same — one is a relative of mine. Always a misfit, a real failure, always on the dole. Pretty pathetic.
So please don’t lump boomers together in any way — everyone had a different experience and it’s unrealistic to talk about boomers as if we are all alike. Nothing could be further from the truth.
As a child I too had a gut reaction to leftists that has not changed.
Question is how a minority of leftist wackos could become so over-represented in society today. I don't really know why - perhaps those with a totalitarian bent are drawn to positions & professions which have authority & influence over others, while the typical conservative minded American - obviously the majority in every American generation - seeks only to take improve himself and take care of his family.