[edblarney]

"The boomer's coasted on the tail end of a rising post-war economy and government largesse, then burned the ladder behind them and destroyed their legacy by electing Reagan. "

Utter bullshit.

It's not even anectodal - it's just complete narrative fiction.

This is HN, try some facts.

Which material or social elements regarding standard of living between the generations, implies that 'Millenials have it harder'?

By every external measure, you have more wealth and opportunity than any generation in history.

"This disgusting rightward lurch sets the stage for a CIA scion to pretend he was a cowboy "

What the smack are you on about?

This is HN not the Huffington Post.

"Ended the Cold War? Look at 2017 and think about that one."

If you were alive during the cold war, then you know that 2017 is obviously not the cold war.

Stop complaining.

[dang]

We've banned this account for repeatedly violating the site guidelines.

[dragonwriter]

> If you were alive during the cold war, then you know that 2017 is obviously not the cold war.

As a Gen Xer, I was alive during a lot of the late Cold War, and I'm very much aware that after the brief hiatus with the fall of the Soviet Union, there's been wide talk of a growing new cold war between the US and Russia since the Balkans crises of the 1990s, and that that Cold War has included many of the hallmarks of the old one, including proxy wars, direct saber rattling, violent covert actions, attempts by each side to subvert the government of the other principal and/or allies, etc.

[alphonsegaston]

I was actually alive during the Cold War because I'm an older millennial, but since you're on some Boomer Archie Bunker rehash trip, I doubt that matters.

Anyway, here's a good breakdown on how we're worse off financially: http://younginvincibles.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/FHYA-...