My Mum was born in 1940, my Dad in 1941. My maternal grandparents, who died in 1978 and 1979 respectively, didn't ever have a bathroom. The loo was outside, and you washed in the kitchen sink, or had a tin bath filled up and had a bath in the kitchen.
My paternal grandmother, who died in 2006, and was born in 1912, didn't have an indoor loo or bathroom until her l/l insisted on putting one in when I was about 15, in the early 80s.
Thus, both my parents grew up without having bathrooms indoors. Neither set of grandparents had central heating, and neither did my parents in their house until I was about 11. No TV at my paternal grandmother's ever, and no telephone at either set of grandparents until my parents insisted.
The current generation has always funded the older generations since NI came in, who in turn, have done the same themselves. I remember when my paternal grandmother got her state pension, she had never been so well off, and she cried that the money was given without her needing to work.
I'm not a boomer, but dh is, but I wouldn't say that he grew up in luxury either, and the interest rates that we paid were truly astronomical. I remember being delighted just before Black Wednesday to have a 10.8% fix, and then the rates spiked to 18% briefly, before coming back down.
As for peace in Europe, that's a relatively new concept. The Berlin wall didn't fall til 1989, Portugal didn't become a democracy til 1974, and Spain til 75-77. Germany didn't become one country til 1990.
Whilst youngsters are benefiting from low mortgage rates today, the older generations who rely on interest from savings, are losing out. It's swings and roundabouts, for each generation.