>As a non-American, reading On The Road, felt like a snapshot of postwar youthful Boomer mentality.

>I'm not saying all boomers are like this or retain that mentality, but as a non-American, to me, the difference in generational perspectives was very identifiable and familiar.

I'm not trying to be rude, but if you're going to write a post disparaging a whole generation, at least check the dates first. The guys in the book and Jack Kerouac himself fall under the "Greatest Generation", which fought in WWII, and were the PARENTS of Boomers. People on Reddit have a habit of calling everyone older than them a "Boomer." I'm Gen X myself and constantly see posts lashing out at certain "Boomer" politicians who are actually Gen X. We have the internet, we can check our facts before posting.