I don't pay much attention to the memes and general dislike of boomers by other generations, because I'm pretty sure at 20 I thought my grandparents were out of touch dinosaurs.
But I genuinely don't understand how boomers are somehow to blame for the high cost of housing, gig economies, lack of pension plans, soaring college tuition, etc. Even social security supposedly teetering on the brink of collapse is more a function of our sheer numbers than anything we did. And we're certainly not immune to the rising cost of living and increased housing prices ourselves.
It would never occur to me to blame my grandfather because he paid $3,200 for his house in 1939.
How did boomers have it so easy, exactly? I'm not being sarcastic; I honestly don't understand the anger.
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