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  Every generation calls the next generation lazy its
  Part of life, you will be there soon enough.
  I'm gen x, so I've perspective from both sides.
context: There's nothing wrong with your average Boomer citizen taking advantage of the economic circumstances of the time, getting that house and family and car with one factory job. But the cardinal sin of theirs is accusing the younger generations of some inherent laziness while completely discounting the radically different world we now live in. 
  It's interesting because the banal saying "Things were better back then." is true in so many ways Boomers won't admit to. But when they do use that saying it's for things that aren't true like crime, morality, etc like in the 70s.