Maybe the younger self-centered generations should do something to help their communities. We should also note that their volunteer rate in their communities are well below the boomers -- when boomers were their age.
They have to work to support the massive burden of the generations before who did not correctly fund themselves. Edit (except somewhat for the housing price inflation trick enslaving their grandkids).
Boomers worked very hard to self-fund their 401Ks for retirement. Boomers put more money into the social security system then they will ever get out of it -- when accounting for inflation & interest over time. I put the max I was allowed into 401K plans since I started in the workforce. Today we see many young people putting zero into 401Ks while spending all of their money on expensive coffee shops and exotic trips --- then the youngsters whine they have no savings.
Source please. This is a separate thing from neurological deterioration of course. US boomers knowing the population would expand have not planned for it and are kicking their grandkids in the balls and fanny now. Quite parasitic. Edit following your added paragraph. You had a tremendous lifestyle even while saving compared to most kids nowadays.
More likely that the kids and grandkids are moving back into the boomers homes and leaching off of them.
While we wait for GWB to furiously Google some stuff he will furiously pass as authorative, I just caught up with the new Marvel Peacekeeper series, enjoyable.
Have a think about why the older generation have the homes and they are out of reach to the grandkids. Mind you Covid has actually helped redistribute wealth better than most planned policy where a generation is responsible for the next's well being.