Of course many people do not fit the stereotype, but the Boomer stereotype is a very self-centered person who only cares about instant gratification. The USA went down a bad road when that approach to life became acceptable.
To quote a brilliant FReeper regarding the Boomer’s Parents...
“There’s a reason a communist like Rather would call our predecessors “The Greatest Generation,” and it’s not WWII. They bought the “it’s natural” story from Kinsey and tolerated the sexual revulsion. {Some} parents had five divorces between them, wasting what they might have left us on lawyers. They bought what they needed all on a credit card the interest on which was tax deductible. They borrowed for the Great Society, they borrowed to send us to college, and they expected us to pay for their retirement and medical care while ALSO paying for day care because they wouldn’t help with our young children while we were working two jobs to pay for their cushy entitlements. We buy artificial hips, scooter chairs, and nursing care, and still it isn’t enough. We paid inflated prices for housing because they wanted to keep their empty palaces and didn’t want to join an integral family.”
Slamming the boomers? Where did they learn it from?
For anyone born during “Camelot”, there is lots of blame to go around.