Baby boomers Ruined America: Why Blaming Millennials is Misguided — and Annoying

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35. I was born in May of 1946. My folks lived through

the Great Depression and WWII. In the year I was born women who held war time production jobs and made good money were laid off. They were told to stay home and become a house wife's and mothers. African Americans could not enjoy the freedoms they fought for during the war. Jim Crow and segregation were in effect.
White males coming home from the War got jobs, built houses and went to school on the GI bill. Their kids, like me did have the benefits of the times. Technology was expanding. "Labor saving" devices started to appear like clothes dryers and dish washers. We got good educations and jobs but the world started changing back then. Three of our great leaders were assassinated. The civil rights movement and women's lib and the hippie culture grew. We had riots in cities all over the country. We got drafted and sent to war.
The New Deal programs were in effect but in the 60's we began to rebel against the authoritarian way of life. In the 70's the sexual revolution and experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs was happening. Inflation went through the roof. We had something called the misery index.
All this culminated in the election of Reagan and that led to the 30 years of the building of the conservative movement.
I'd say those who screwed up the country are boomers but not all of us boomers had a part in it.