Boomers

Boomers haven't been kind to America. Historically, they are the largest demographic group of native-born Americans. They had the opportunity and the wealth to ensure that America would continue to be the greatest, most productive, most libertarian country for centuries to come. They squandered that opportunity and a whole lot of that wealth.

To be fair, the groundwork for the failures that the Boomers would preside over was laid long they were born. A flurry of not very well thought out constitutional amendments were passed a half century before the Boomers could ride a bicycle. A four-term president ushered collectivism into the federal government about the time their parents' hormones went into overdrive. Heck, the immigration floodgates were opened wide while most of them were still in high school. Even so, they did nothing to reverse the trends, and, in many cases, they accelerated the trends. 

Why didn't they confront the deconstruction of America?

Boomers have been accused of being extremely self-centered. It's true, and they are. They are often referred to as "the Me generation." They were the beneficiaries of post-war industrialization and the attendant wealth and leisure that came with it. Birth control and abortion happened on their watch. They grow up with cheap energy and a rapidly expanding economy. By all accounts, they had it easier than any other generation in modern history. Maybe this is the reason they let the country go to hell in a hand basket.

I like to think it was something more fundamental. I think that, as a generation, they took Western Civilization for granted. And by that, I mean that they turned their backs on the foundation of Western Civilization, Christianity. They bought into scientism. Scientism replaced religion, or more accurately, became the new religion. As a wise man recently said, "Science is now the opiate of the masses."

There is a lot of whining and complaining about Boomers by subsequent generations these days. To them, I would say, repent and turn to God. If you can't see yourself doing that, then don't be antagonistic towards God. If you want to return to what the nation was like pre-Boomer, then you must support its civic foundation. Hate on Boomers all you want. I'm a Boomer and I hate them. But use your energy to turn things around, Boomers are dying off in large numbers now. They won't be around much longer. Use your time and energy to right the wrongs and rebuild a once great civilization.