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The boom comes from "baby boom" which means a sudden increase in the birth rate. This happens normally after wars end that have high casualty rates.

I recall reading that the day WW1 was declared over, people were copulating in the streets of London.

People have an urge to rebuild the population.

They were probably thinking less strategically at the time

It's a biological imperative, not a rational thought process.

I was being obtuse: what I was trying to say is there are a lot of GIs and people at home that were damaged. Their kids got the worst of it.

Typically Boomers parents fought in ww2. Boomers fought in Vietnam.

Boomers had parents suffering from post ww2 problems, problems likely dealt with by alcohol.

Best troll of 2021 yet