:: Boomers were overpaid as evidenced by the debt they saddled future generations with. ::
That is astounding.
That is the truth.
Post WWII US was a bubble. All major competitors were blown up or dead. There was huge amount of pent up demand, and a smaller work force than normal.
If you go through pre WWII history, most people were what we call poor. They will be again.
Boomers grew up and spent their formative years in a boom cycle. That cycle ended, and we are going back to the norm if we are lucky.
The safe, trusting, clean, and well behaved world is dead. The future will be poor, dirty, dangerous, and corrupt.