It is a generalisation but it's about showing how the same generalisation with younger people is so different.
The young are accused of entitlement constantly over the issue of inheritance but is this fair and justified when they are disportionately paying more than the generation before?
One of the real issues at the moment is this generational conflicts and this fallacy that babyboomers have 'done their bit' and it's time for their children to carry the burden when the economics of don't match up.
This expectation comes at the same time as babyboomers dominating the political direction of the country in a way that those who are economically active largely don't want. It's like they don't want to let go of that influence but still expect the young to do as their told as children.
Not all babyboomers are like that. I know many who are just as distraught over everything.
My main point is that there needs to be an addressing if this attitude to 'having paid their way', much more recognition of the problems young face and an active encouragement to allow the young to participate on a level footing.
Having been involved with local community and really have stepped up to the plate despite the obstacles of work and family which are different to a generation ago (travel times and work being less 9 - 5 for starters), I've come across some truly appalling attitudes. This mirrors a lot of wider generational issues.
It's not helped by this being exploited politically and deliberate political strategy having been in the last few years (both here and in the US) as being to demotivate the young from being politically active and to vote. It's on record as being an objective.
There needs to be some sort of recognition of this and the start of talk of almost a gradual 'transition of power'. As it stands many community projects will fall in the next few years precisely because individuals haven't done this and haven't encouraged people to take over because they have more or less been control freaks over them and have made it difficult for others to bring new life to projects.
Overall I don't think a lot of babyboomers get many of the issues out there. They've been used to doing things their way and don't want to listen to their children as this represents a list of power and an acknowledgement that they are aging. Even where young people want to take on social responsibility it's very difficult to do this.
It all feeds this society divide on both sides. It HAS to be driven by the babyboomers though as they are the ones who hold the balance of power within society. They need to face up to their responsibility that their generation perhaps needs to reassess it's role and position.
If young people are 'lazy' etc perhaps an assessment of why that's the case is in order. Many feel they simply can't match expectations and achievements of their elders not because they are 'failures' but purely because of the luck (or lack of) of the timing of their birth and the fortune that brings.