"Look Timmy, I get you want me to be your ‘mom’ or whatever, but have you considered that my do-nothing job that pays me like 80k a year makes me feel kinda alienated sometimes? I’m the real victim.
Anyway I’ve decided we’re going to join a MLM scheme/cult that I heard about on AOL. So I’m going to be busy, you’ll have to make your own Mac-n-Cheese tonight."
A good portion of Gen X got to experience the hayday of capitalism in the west just like Boomers did, this makes them vulnerable to the same nostalgia tactics as Boomers. Apathy was also directly poured into their brains by early media giants to encourage them to not do anything- at least until they become their parents and adopt their reactionary opinions