Which generation fits the "Goldilocks" description? It largely refers to:

Late Baby Boomers (born late 1950s to early 1960s) Early Generation X (born early to mid-1960s to early 1980s) These individuals were young enough to be shaped by — but not complicit in — the old regime, and old enough to actively participate in the transition and rebuilding that followed major political or social shifts.

In Eastern Europe, the Goldilocks generation experienced the last years of communist rule as students or young adults, then became active participants in the democratic and economic reforms of the 1990s.