This is why you're so angry all the time, because you choose to see what you want to see instead of what's actually there. The country is decidedly moving in a more progressive direction because the majority of Americans are fed up with a government run by Christian conservatives. You guys had your shot, it didn't work out, now it's time to take a step back and let a newer generation of people decide how they want things to be. If what you said is true - "I almost doubled my net worth last recession" - then it wouldn't come as a surprise you'd be against any actionable change to the system that enriched you and a tiny number of others at the expense of everyone else. These changes are happening, you can see them and you don't like it because I'm sure you were taught growing up in the "Me generation" everything is about you. My dad is a baby boomer but my mom comes from the same era you do, fortunately for me she's a lot less abrasive and dickish about discussing the time period and doesn't have any eggs in the basket of winning fake points on the internet, so she's open and honest about how selfish her generation was and she see's the results of it - like you do - right before her eyes..
So get comfy in that backseat, buddy. You'll be there a while until another generation relegates you to the trunk and I'll be in the back seat. Cycle of life, and in the immortal words of Nick Diaz... "Don't be scared, homie"
