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The primary answer to why boomers are the way they are is always lead poisoning
Most people (even Marxists) tend not to like deceptively simple answers to complex questions, but in this case it's true
Between the 1920s and 1970s hundreds of millions of people around the globe were permanently brained damaged by one of the most acute neurotoxins known to humankind, a toxin that after wrecking childhood havoc on the brain and nervous system accumulates within the bones of poisoned people as they age, as these people get older their bones get softer and more opaque which releases the accumulated toxin back into their system for a second time
This life-time medical condition is super-charged by the burdens of capitalism and the aftermath of WW2 leading to a genuinely stunted generation of human beings
Is there a source on this, especially globally?
Leaded gasoline probably plays a large role. There are still some types of planes that still use it today.
> As of 2024, the annual US usage of avgas was 180 million US gallons (680,000 m3),[8] most of which contained lead,[9] and 170,000 aircraft in the US used leaded avgas.
I drive past an small airport every day going to work
At least jet fuel doesn't use lead and it's mostly jets.