Millennials like to assert that they have little in common with the failed, corrupt Boomer generation. Is that true?
Consider the recent phenomenon of prominent Millennials stepping away to protect their mental health. My parents—members of the Silent Generation—would have snorted with derision at the idea that this was a noble act; they would have gritted their teeth and gotten on with it. Boomers take the argument more seriously—after all, the Clinton Administration famously had more people with experience in therapy than the military—but ultimately side with our parents. Millennials give priority to their own well-being over notions of duty and patriotism.
What we have here is a vector, with Boomers in the middle. As with civil rights issues, Millennials have simply taken the Boomer position a step further to the left. The difference is of degree, not kind.