the conceit of leftists is that they are godd and pure... but they never are and it NEVER works out, just makes them insufferaby sanctimonious along the way. I was raised completely leftist btw, by good people, but I saw the craven insides of all their friends.
I didn't say the boomers weren't the way you describe, I said you're just like them, lofty ideals, all too human boundaries and self control.
I am nowhere near as left as you seem to believe. But the religious hatred many Americans have of whatever they think socialism is and the way they defend the current brand of American capitalism, even though it continues make the rich richer and the poor poorer, is morally craven and idiotic.
It's really not hard to be more morally pure than Republicans anyways; not continuing to vote for the Trump party is among the lowest possible moral bars.
I didn't say the boomers weren't the way you describe, I said you're just like them, lofty ideals, all too human boundaries and self control.