Hey fellow Millennials do you believe this is true?

I try to impress on my friends the difference. They say "boomers didn't have to work for anything" and I see what they mean but that shuts down the conversation. Boomers absolutely did work hard. The had long hours, broke their backs for physical labor, etc, BUT that hard work was rewarded. So they look at us and see if hard work = reward, then no reward= no hard work. But if you say "you didn't have to work for anything" then they just say we're whiners. If you're willing to acknowledge they worked hard and made sacrifices they may be more willing to see just how much things have changed