This subject seems to come up fairly often lately. But for anyone with some knowledge of US history and government the past forty to fifty years, they know that much of the change people now object to was implement by the Greatest Generation, in the years from about 1960 until about 1992.
The Boomers were not in positions of authority and influence enough to affect much change until the mid to late 1980s, and even later until they were a majority in Congress and had the first Boomer president in 1992.
Yep. It was the GI generation that gave us the Great Society and Stagflation.
One thing boomers have been very good as is feeling guilty, even when we are not really guilty. You are correct. A lot of what went wrong with America is the result of the two generations preceding the boomers, but the legacy of boomers is pretty mixed, as it is for most generations. Since I’m only 59 (and a half) I’m not finished creating my legacy. I’m just getting warmed up.
“...was implement by the Greatest Generation, in the years from about 1960 until about 1992.”
My Dad (RIP) hated FDR and Kennedy - I never understood that as a kid.
My Mom (91 this year) doesn’t have cable so still gets her news from ABC or whatever. She commented that “Well, I didn’t vote for him, but the New Deal got us out of the Great Depression, so I think Obama’s New Deal will work too.” As an adult - I don’t understand that! I gently try to inform her about the realities of the New Deal and FDR - but to so many of that era he is viewed as a savior.