nostr:npub106dam65ww9ztdqj26xvh08dyuc7lj7nmkrtrujwsmyq2n6g3r33saq3m89 It depends heavily per country.
At the US, Boomers rely heavily on Social Security. For them, government must take a social responsibility from people mistakes on life, which is basically a root for socialism.
People who can't rely by themselves (individual/communitarian) but on government aid, will become slaves from the ruling political class.