Boomers saw gen-xers as aimless, never as a threat, unless to the contents of the BMW's glove box. They Couldn't Kill is back, stronger than ever. It only makes sense that when they got an unexpected opportunity to grab the levers of power they would brush aside softer rivals and triumph. Well, it's a theory anyway. In their smash bestseller about demographic trends, Boom, Bust, and Echo , authors David K. Foot and Daniel Stoffman point out that there has been considerable media confusion on this topic.
Some writers are so confused they seem to think generation x is the children of the boomers.
But it isn't. In fact, generation x is not really a separate generation at all, but the unfortunate tail end of the baby boom that, in Canada, lasted roughly from 1947 to 1966. It placed you in the middle of a large pack of fellow scavengers, many of whom would discover that their big boomer brothers and sisters had scarfed up every last shrimp at the buffet table before the youngsters even heard the dinner bell. Despite the bummer of a name, busters have been fated to do well because there are fewer of them, always an advantage since it lessens competition. Generational orthodoxy has it that this youngest group is inherently optimistic.