Good response, Damon, definitely worthy of an article!

Again, there's a few things I resonate with in this and a few I do not.

The political spectrum as it is currently used definitely isn't enough, and I agree that to group folks like Silicon Valley tycoons and Bernie Sanders is a gross oversimplification. There is also definitely a radicalization that is growing among the right. Not only have they been emboldened over the last few years, but they have become embraced in the mainstream (just look at the how many members of congress support Q Anon).

However, on the whole, I would be very cautious not to generalize generations. Boomers were not left leaning during the 60s and 70s. Some of them were left leaning, with this groups attention being directed at issues like the draft and the civil rights movement. However, many were also staunchly conservative. In this time the right were embracing the neoliberal doctrine, as well as ideas like the War on Drugs, American Exceptionalism, and - eventually - right wing populism. The polarization we see now in America began with this division, we have not grown out of it.

As an aside, if you haven't done so already you should look into the 'Overton Window'; it's a theory that describes the shifting parameters of acceptable ideas in mainstream politics. It seems to encapsulate a lot of what you are talking about in terms of political 'centers' moving around.