Boomers were the hippies But y'see, this is the problem with these sorts of generalizations. The vast majority of boomers weren't hippies. The vast majority of

Boomers were the hippies But y'see, this is the problem with these sorts of generalizations. The vast majority of boomers weren't hippies. The vast majority of them were sensible people who finished their education, got jobs, got married, raised families, and lived like people have always lived. Similarly, the so-called Generations X and Y and the millenials and however you want to divide us up. Most of us have been doing the same thing. We all grow up, we all get jobs, we all have children. Half of us wind up voting one way, half of us wind up voting the other way. That's not to deny that there are certainly cultural changes over the years, these are obvious to everybody. But a few thousand people making a lot of noise in the direct sight of some TV cameras isn't a cultural movement, it's just Al Capone dancing the Charleston on top of a flagpole.