I see that as the cause. The boomers held on tight to power, shafting Gen X in many ways. They still got to ride the coat tails of wealth, but were often kept out of top leadership (see federal gov for the premier example). And I’m sure that had a pretty powerful impact on Gen X’s ability to flourish culturally. They were willing to stay in line with boomer culture because they got paid enough.

Millennials were effectively pushed out of the wealth, so they were/are willing to break norms because it never paid off to do everything “right” anyway. And now Gen Z knows everything’s fucked. Godspeed.