It wasn't a wave of socialist agenda, rather it was wave of rebellion and a great distrust of society and the adults at that time. The Boomers are also called the me generation and I believe were the most spoiled as far as from one generation to the next by far!! What's happened is each preceding generation has continued to spoil they children. That is why millennials are so spoiled. They all aren't. I for one don't really disparage millennials. I know many fine millennials. Like most things it's parenting that's failing from one generation to the other.So, how do you explain all of the Baby Boomer hippies? These were folks who went to HS and college in the late 1950s and throughout the 60s.? It wouldn’t be hard to argue that was the largest wave of socialism agenda in American history and this was over 50 years ago.