Hey Christopher, thanks for your comments.

I believe I said it in another reply, but it’s worth repeating. Boomers helped to create Greenpeace, recycling, ACLU, WWF (founded earlier but majorly contributed to by Boomers). Big Oil — started roughly 1880s. Big Pharma, roughly same time period. Big Coal — long before that — was made really popular by Big Steel and Mr. Carnigie — 1900.

By the mid-1980s Big Steel had emigrated (most Boomers in their 20s and 30s were not benefitting from that exodus). Same time period — Big Coal started its downward slide. Many solar and wind-power entrepreneurs were Boomers.

Greed, you bet, plenty of it. Savings and Loan bust in the 1980s. Most executives involved were 40–50–60 years old — not Boomers. 2008, yep, some Boomers involved there. But also many 50–70 white-haired gentlemen running Goldman Sachs, Leman Bros., Citibank, and Chase, to name a few.

Truth is, if greed was genetically engineered into all Boomers, then f**k, someone forgot to put some in me and a few others I know.

And at the same time — you’re right on a lot of points.

Right now, if my facts are not completely skewered — about 50% of all current billionaires are in the 30–50-year-old range. That makes for an excellent opportunity for Millenials and Gen Xers to kick butt. Let’s hope they take the best of the Boomers and correct the worst, while they have a chance. Cheers.