A review by mattvarosky
A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America by Bruce Cannon Gibney

1.0

I confess, I was attracted by the title, it being pure rage bait for someone so frustrated by the Boomer leadership of the country as late. And I was heartened by Gibney's introduction which seemed to promise an even-handed and academic look at the development of Boomers and their subsequent impact on history. Surely calling them sociopaths was a clever bit of marketing, right? Well, nope. Gibney proceeds to try, very mightily, to proffer a literal diagnosis of sociopathy on an entire generation, engaging in preposterous rhetorical stretches that range from the amusingly novel to sloppily counterfactual. This book could have been a great read if perhaps written by a sociologist and/or economist who could provide more scientific rigor, but as it is it reads solely as a marketing play to angry Millennials. I'm surprised Hachette released it, frankly.