Sorry, but that is not how statistics work. Yes, the 1% is dominated by boomers. But the vast majority of the boomers you decry are NOT in the 1%. Try and think logically about this - if you take out the entire group of boomers in the 1%, where the problem really lies, you will still have left over close to 99% of boomers. Saying that this group "dominates" our "systems" to the detriment of other generations is logically fallacious.
You are implying that boomers came along and just changed our systems to benefit them at the exclusion of younger workers, and that this is some kind of new revelation. That idea is not consistent with recent history. EVERY generation blames their parents' generation for their woes. We did the same, blaming "the silent generation" for the devastating Vietnam war and its after-effects, the cold war, and the "stagflation" that we lived with for years. High unemployment AND high inflation - something your generation has never had to deal with. You think you have trouble with jobs? Between the early 70s - when I entered the work force - until the mid 80s, unemployment was consistently almost as high as it is right now or even during the financial crash of 2008 - for about 15 years. You are too young to remember the headlines about rocket scientists losing their careers.
To imply that the generation that fought against the war, started the environmental movement, started the feminist movement, pushed through the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act - to imply that this generation somehow plotted to rig the "systems" in their favor, at the expense of other generations, is just myopic folly. It is also dangerous. Generational wars lead to nothing but a diminishment of average workers, of any age. It will result in calls to cut Social Security and raise taxes on SS, cut Medicare and other benefits, and will diminish the lives of mostly the middle class and the poor, it will not address the real problem. It creates another division in society that will do absolutely nothing to make life better for anyone. Ironically, focusing on seniors as the problem will likely lead to an INCREASE in inequality, as the 1% will use this as an excuse to make the cuts I just mentioned. It will not improve the lives of Xers, millenials, or anyone in the 99%.
Do boomers dominate the system? Sure. Because they are both more numerous than any other generation, and they are also approaching the end of the job cycle when people rise to the top of their professions. Just like the "silent generation" dominated when we were young. There is nothing nefarious or unusual about this. They will be losing this dominance soon, and Xers will replace them as the generation young people blame. In 10 years millenials are going to start saying this same thing about Xers. And in 30 years our children will be blaming millenials (who are, by the way, a larger cohort than boomers now; they could be dominant if they would vote).
It is a cycle that goes round and round. You are connecting the wrong dots and engaging in exactly the kind of deflection that the 1% wants. If you want to write articles that attempt to address income and wealth inequality, please focus your attention on the 1%, where the real problem lies, and you might be able to do some good, rather than harm.
