Did the Boomers Ruin Things for Everyone?

There's a lot of noise on the inter webs about the state of our finances in the US. Specifically, younger Americans are complaining about the deck being stacked against them. Home prices are sky high, interest rates are crazy high and the boomers and squatting on all the good homes--just waiting to fleece money out of the Gen Z'ers. But, is it true?  Maybe we need to take a stroll down memory lane and see how people lived before everyone wanted to be a Kardashian.