> Are you really going to blame them for not predicting the future well enough? They predicted it just fine. Then they failed to work together to prevent it.

> Are you really going to blame them for not predicting the future well enough? They predicted it just fine. Then they failed to work together to prevent it. > Baby boomers aren't forcing young folks to like living in cities more than suburbs. Young people can only afford overpriced apartments because jobs have steadily migrated to cities, they don't have the credit or capital to afford a house and car in the suburbs, they're overburdened with debt and rising costs of living, not paid accordingly, and well-paying jobs for the lower and middle class are more scarce. Oh, and media conglomerates and advertising have been repeating since before they were born that what they really want is only found in glamorous cities. > They're not forcing young folks to want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on mediocre private universities when reasonably priced state universities exist That's all they've ever heard. "You have to go to college. You have to go to the best college. You can go to the best college, you'll just be in debt for 30 years once you do. Don't worry, here's a thing we invented in the 70s called a credit card." > our current prosperity [..] strongly depended on us exploiting cheap and reliable energy for decades We have been the most powerful and wealthy nation since WWII, a generation or two before the boomers. The boomers were even hit by a major oil crisis and recession more than once, and rather than look to alternatives (which Congress literally declared they had to do), they doubled down.