Just because some of the 'Boomers' are kooks doesn't mean that it is a lost generation.
It was the most 'divided' generation politically and you can find the extremes of each persuasion in the group. But before you paint MY (1947) generation with the 'worst generation' brush, please be reminded that our President George W. Bush is a 'Boomer'.
The problem with the 'Boomer's' is it was the first affluent generation. I'm not saying rich, just the fact that a much larger percentage of our parents moved from the abject poverty of the depression to the post war boom.
The 'boomers' were the most educated generation. The numbers that attended and or graduated from college was exponentially larger than any other before it. The mostly 'liberal' education, and the 'affluence' ran head on into a war that was poorly prosecuted and deemed incorrect by the press.
The fact is, most of the 'boomers' have settled down, cast off their 'tie died' clothes and become productive members of society.
Those who couldn't make the transition have found their way into the DUmp.
Of course not ALL boomers are whacked out lefties of some variety. And not all members of the WWII/ "greatest generation" are all that great. However, generalities can be gathered from how the vocal majority has behaved. Behind most america-bashing we see even today inevitably stands a baby-boomer.
I agree with your assessment of how it came about that so many of the boomers turned out the way they did. And I find that even those that came out of their tie-dyed clothes & complete craziness are STILL self-centered spoiled brats, even if they've entered societal "establishment". But no, not the EVERYONE in the generation.