Well I am one of the first baby boomers and I don't feel responsible for the state of the country. We saved hard for everything but today's young people expect to have everything instantly. Some examples:
We had to save with a paticular building society for 2 years to even be considered for a mortgage.
Our mortgage was based upon a maximum of 3 times my DH's salary, mine was not taken into account. Taking both salaries into account, IMO, is responsible for house price rises.
We were more than happy to have anything anyone was prepared to hand on to furnish our home. These days people expect to be able to at least go to Ikea and get everything new.
We expected to stay home in the evenings because we couldn't afford to go out and have a mortgage. That is not acceptable today.
We did all the maintenance on our home and car ourselves, we could not afford to get people in or have the car repaired and this was in the days when cars rusted easily. MY DH spent ages filling rust holes, sanding, painting etc.
We cooked all our own meals, never had a takeway or ready prepared food.
I am not blaming the young, but do not think we should be blamed either. Life is different that is all. We and our contempories didn't expect so much so quickly, today they do because that is the way life is today.