Then blame the boomers for the Army, the republican party, the NRA and any other organization that gains new members as the years go by.
If you want to know what destroyed America look at the legislation and court decisions before the 1980s, and organizations like the ACLU, NOW, NEA, the Communist party, congressional black caucas, etc.
The point is, like it or not, the socialist mantra was picked up and carried - knowingly, I will add - by the “Hippie” generation. And despite the fact that yes, millions supported the traditional US value system and went to Vietnam (willingly), a good portion, more than any before, was made up of hippies who hated the US and all it stood for, and they were VOCAL.
I blame Dr. Spock, as the popular catalyst for all this. Never mind he himself being a socialist.