so, use of the word boomer is IMPRECISE, because it lumps all of us in with the despised, just by virtue of date of birth, regardless of our personal philosophy.
Well, we just have to distinguish between the boomers who grew up and those who didn't. There are a lot of boomers who were fashionably marxist in the '60s and '70s but but came back to earth later on. They embraced the Reagan Revolution and laid the foundation for the prosperity of the '90s, from which GenXers greatly benefited. On the other hand, the marxist/pantheist environmental movement is primarily made up of GenXers, and they causing and will continue to cause a lot of trouble. So I think there is plenty of blame to go around. There is actually a term for those of us who are "late boomers". Generation Jones.