Not OK, Boomers | The Spectator Australia

‘There is the moral of all human tales; 
‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past,  
First freedom, and then Glory- when that fails, 
Wealth, vice, corruption – barbarism at last’ – 

Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s pilgrimage 

Well done, Boomers.  

After enjoying the richest period in human history, the Baby Boomers are leaving behind a broken civilisation that is the poorer, weaker, duller and smaller-minded for their tenure. 

Using their demographic weight, the Boomers have tilted the scales of policy in their favour through every stage of their lives. As youths, they were indulged as ‘teenagers’, elevating their adolescent angst to the level of James Dean Sturm und Drang; as horny young adults they lusted…