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That's not unique to any one generation. Herd behavior is, like, part of the human condition.
You serious? Your own examples aren't even isolated to Boomers. Beanie babies was primarily a Millennial and Gen X phenomenon (which made sense because it was a toy trend amplified through the rise of the internet as mainstream, and took off among those early adopters of dial-up), and was one of many consumerist toy trends of the 80's and 90's, like pogs or Cabbage Patch Kids or Magic: The Gathering cards.
Satanic panic was driven as much by Silent Generation as it was the boomers, and is unfortunately part of a long line of religious othering that traces back to the dawn of human history. Mike Warnke's The Satan Seller hit bestseller lists in 1972, and Silent Generation authors like Lauren Stratford and Lawrence Pazder ran away with their made up stories (and made a killing on book sales). By the time that panic hit its peak in the early 80's, most parents of young children were boomers, but the collective messaging was still driven by older people in publishing and news.
Meanwhile, the basic idea of fads or trends are universal. The people mimicking TikTok dances or YouTube pranks transcend any one generation. More seriously, people are falling for conspiracy theories en masse, of all generations. Is anti-vax, or anti-seed-oil, or 9/11 truthers, or QAnon believers confined to a specific generation? This shit is everywhere, and believing that these things will die off with the boomers is going to result in a lot of surprise and disappointment that these things will always be with us.
Boomers are absolutely the guilible "me generation" that pulled the ladder up. Anything else is someone trying to grassroot the ideas that this all isn't boomers fault. Old folks homes are filled with people who stole your children's future so they could make a few bucks. That's where our rage should be directed. Why should we pay for the parasites who ruined our country?