I've often read that we're at an extended level of peace between major powers that is basically unprecedented. While we still have too much violent conflict all over the place, it's nonetheless _different_ from previous eras. That said, I'm not a student of history.
> True, but that hardly makes them exceptional.
(RE: boomers and population)
Not exceptional in the sense of being special, but yes, exceptional in the sense that the economic burdens of previous generations are easier to shoulder when each person has less to shoulder per capita. Ditto my statement about the extended middle class - I'm not saying Boomers are special people who did things differently, I'm saying their opportunities and perspectives are not representational of previous generations, so their interactions with other generations (past and future) may not be either.
Exceptional in the sense of "being an exception", not in the sense of "being an exception through virtue"
What does “global level peace” mean?
> the Boomers themselves WERE a "boom" of population,
True, but that hardly makes them exceptional.
> the extended middle class of the 50s was an anomaly
But, again, not one that makes the Boomers, who had nothing to do with cresting that, exceptional.