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I can answer your question: When the Boomers are gone the Millenials will be called "Boomers" and blamed instead.
I dropped into a European Discord server a while back and got called a Boomer when I mentioned my age (40). I'm a Millennial. Apparently the server was full of 16-19yr old kids so I wasn't made to feel very welcome. Not been back since.
But Millenials will most likely take the hit when Boomers are gone except the term "Boomer" is now just a generic insult against people in middle age+.
Seems likely. I've seen plenty of people say "Oh, this old-ass Boomer thinks [whatever shitty opinion here]." And this is in direct reference to people in their late forties/early fifties. And if you correct them and say "that person is Gen X - they're the child of Baby Boomers," they'll pivot to "well, Boomer is a mindset, not age group." But it does seem more likely to be an insult for old people or people who appear to be out of touch in some capacity.
As a representative of Gen X, I can honestly say that I'm glad you think they'll pick on your generation, and leave mine alone.
Gen X is the new Silent Generation because everyone forgot they even fucking existed. I remember when you guys were supposed to burn down cities and bring about full anarchy in the United States because you enjoyed grunge music and flannel. Turns out all of you were just chewed up and spit out by capitalism like the rest of us.