The boomers inherited the American system of the WWII generation and proceeded to dismantle it, cutting taxes for the super-rich, halting development of infrast

The boomers inherited the American system of the WWII generation and proceeded to dismantle it, cutting taxes for the super-rich, halting development of infrastructure, erecting a NIMBY "vetocracy" that slowed home construction and caused housing prices to skyrocket, and offshoring productive work and replacing it with financial shell games and dead-end service jobs. GenX had the benefit of starting their careers toward the tail end of the wave of prosperity the WWII generation created and were therefore able to get established before the shit hit the fan in 2008. Millennials were born once the ship had already sailed.