How The Boomers Saved Everything

How The Boomers Saved Everything
10th March 1970: Demonstrators on a Vietnam victory march down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. In the foreground are banners criticising President Nixon and his government's handling of the war. (Photo by Len Owens/Keystone/CNP/Getty Images)
10th March 1970: Demonstrators on a Vietnam victory march down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. In the foreground are banners criticising President Nixon and his government's handling of the war. (Photo by Len Owens/Keystone/CNP/Getty Images)

We're the largest, richest, best-educated generation of Americans, the favored children of a strong, confident and prosperous country. Or, as other generations call us, spoiled brats. Born between 1946 and 1964, the 76 million boomers reaped all the benefits of the postwar period's extraordinary economic growth.

We were dizzy with our aspirations. We'd be rock stars. We'd be spiritual avatars. We'd be social activists. We'd be billionaires. No, better yet, we'd be all those things at the same time. (Steve Jobs came close.)

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