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'''Baby boomers''' (also known as boomers) are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation and preceding Generation X. There are varying timelines defining the start and the end of this cohort; demographers and researchers typically use birth years starting from the early- to mid-1940s and ending anywhere from 1960 to 1964. | '''Baby boomers''' (also known as boomers) are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation and preceding Generation X. There are varying timelines defining the start and the end of this cohort; demographers and researchers typically use birth years starting from the early- to mid-1940s and ending anywhere from 1960 to 1964. | ||
They grew up with basically everything handed to them, but as they grew older, [[neoliberal|attributed most of their success to themselves]]. Boomers are stereotyped as sociopaths | They grew up with basically everything handed to them, but as they grew older, [[neoliberal|attributed most of their success to themselves]]. Boomers are stereotyped by left-wing media as sociopaths<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/17/generation-sociopaths-review-trump-baby-boomers-ruined-world</ref><ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/baby-boomers-sociopaths_n_58b9a358e4b0d2821b4dd797</ref>. | ||
== Boomers & Incels == | == Boomers & Incels == | ||