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Boomers actually did a lot of great things that other generations benefits from.
Classic Rock. Civil rights. Moon landing. Birth control and abortion. Counterculture and peaceful protests making it OK to be a dissident. Making pants way more commonplace for women. And mid-century modern design.
I know it's trendy to hate on boomers, and a lot of them are out of touch and have gotten more close-minded as they've aged, but there was a lot of good that could be laid at their feet as well.
Neil armstrong etc. were all the silent generation. The boomers were in their 20s.
Ttue, but some of the scientists and engineers involved were young adults (older boomers) at the time.
Thats like saying congress is run by millennials because some of them are millennials. Most of them arent.
these were actions of a few, and in this thread we're in the spirit of making sweeping generalizations
thaaaaat's more like it