The temptation to paint all boomers with the same brush is understandable but it is also a mistake. What is happening is less about generational morality and more about structural incentives and timing. Boomers were born into an era where economic growth, demographic expansion, and policy choices lined up in their favour. They benefited from cheap education abundant job opportunities and a housing market that rewarded early entrants exponentially. Those advantages were not earned through exceptional foresight but rather through historical circumstance.

The real question is not whether boomers as individuals are to blame but whether the systems they inherited and preserved have any reason to reform themselves once they are no longer personally beneficial. Passing the baton has never been a natural political instinct. Economic systems tend to entrench those already in possession of power and resources. The frustration younger generations feel is amplified because the path to stability has narrowed dramatically and in many cases closed entirely...