This reeks of bitterness. "Simpler times" of 1998 when a whole generation of boomers benefited from Alpha squeezed through multiple wars, fossil fuel addiction,

This reeks of bitterness. "Simpler times" of 1998 when a whole generation of boomers benefited from Alpha squeezed through multiple wars, fossil fuel addiction, polluting the planet, severely destabilizing the real estate markets, unethical banks. Sure people that thrived then are not thriving as much now, but it's a much more sustainably prosperous few decades since then.