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Quit whining, AOC: Gen Z should THANK Boomers for what they’re leaving behind

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she knows why socialism is on the rise: Blame it on the Boomers.

“Millennials and Gen Z combined, now for the first time, are eclipsing the number of Baby Boomers,” she explained recently.

“Young people overall feel a tremendous amount of betrayal about the world we’ve been left.”

It’s inarguable that younger generations feel this way.

The notion that Millennials and Gen Z are toiling in a uniquely grueling economic era, however, is utterly delusional.

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But convincing young people they’ve been handed a broken world only fostered an unprecedented sense of hopelessness.

You are not victims of “oligarchs,” unfettered capitalism or any other imaginary monsters.

One of the most popular myths these days — you hear from both sides all the time — is that the American middle class is being gutted.

It’s simply not true. In 1980, 36% of American families were middle-class.

Only 31% of Americans are still in the middle class because the upper middle class has grown from 10% of households to over 30%.

Less than half of Americans think capitalism is working as patriotism, support for democracy tanks

The middle class........

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