For me, “Boomer” is less a definition of a generational cohort than it is a definition of a selfish and toxic and ultimately delusional white American attitude toward society that emerged over the course of the postwar economic anomaly (approx. 1947-2007, give or take). Few individuals better typify the attitude than the repulsive David “Bobo” Brooks.
Slotting people into that category by birth year alone isn’t helpful, because there are all too many Silents and Gen-Xers (to use the standard generational terms) who’ve internalised this crappy outlook, and plenty of Boomers who reject it.
