I honestly don't really blame them.. Unfortunately, I think the main problem was that they caused an uprising in culture but really bought in to the retirement promises of the state under the auspices of the prosperity since WWII from their parents, and as they tried to build the nest egg but they had savings and buying power disintegrated, they proogressively bought in harder because it was, and really is now, all they have left. They made waves in culture and society (what they saw as their contribution to society and their progeny) but ultimately their lives and economic energy were spent through a downturn, but their children/grandchildren are now bringing prosperity and an economic upturn in the next decade after watching their parents slowly get bled to death by the state. I saw it with both my parents-they worked their fucking asses off but in retrospect I see the country inflated the wealth and life out of them. I feel sad about it, but I think it was, to some extent, their lot in life. Ours is and will be in transition, so we will likely leave the next couple of generations in prosperity.