- Blaming The Boomers

The first, and arguably most controversial, piece of social commentary I ever wrote was an essay on how the Baby Boomers were the most spoiled generation. I made the claim, supported by substantial evidence, that it was their sense of entitlement and their self absorption that created most of the social hardship of the last 40 years. And while they have always been in a position to dance, someone else has always ended up paying their piper for them.

America, with the singular exception of that generation, has always placed a much higher premium on liberty than safety. And I still think you can make the claim that it's the Boomer's flirtation with socialism that has caused many of our problems. We've always had socialists of course, but they were a fringe group... not something to be taken seriously. But for the Boomers it's an ideology to be placed right up there with the founding principles of America.

The generation right before and right after the boomers are both substantially more Conservative. Even the generation emerging from the Socialist incubator of America's university system, (built by the boomers btw) is quick to snap out of that stupor as soon as they see some of the costs. So far what I've seen of this documentary looks like it steals a lot of bases, but I think there is a case to be made about how the embrace of socialism was a generational phenomenon.

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