On the bright side...LLM served by Perplexity Playground:

The Baby Boomer generation is expected to transfer an estimated $68 trillion | 633,613,179 BTC to $84 trillion | 782,698,633 BTC to younger generations—primarily Millennials and Generation Z—over the next two decades as part of what’s being called the “Great Wealth Transfer.”

Thanks for sharing that, truly. I hear the frustration and I respect that younger generations feel a deep urgency to repair what’s broken.

You're right that many things need fixing and I'm genuinely glad so many younger voices are stepping up to do just that.

That said, I also want to gently offer some context, not as an excuse but as perspective. Many of us "boomers" grew up in a world where information wasn’t at our fingertips. There was no Bitcoin, no internet, no alternative economic narrative like The Creature from Jekyll Island until the mid-90s. We had a handful of TV channels and everyone watched the same tightly controlled evening news. That was the extent of the “information age” back then, other than in libraries & universities. No international Nostr , YouTube or Twitter communities either.

Yet despite all that, many of us were politically active, we protested wars, marched for civil rights, pushed for environmental protections and questioned authority with the limited tools we had. We didn’t buy much, reused what we could and generally lived with a far smaller footprint than today’s hyper-consumerist culture, no fast fashion, no streaming devices in every room, no overnight shipping. We didn’t even have plastic bags in the early days. Simpler living wasn’t a trend, it was just life.

Now that more of us do have access to the truth behind the fiat system, many boomers are deeply committed to supporting change, through Bitcoin, education and helping younger generations push through the noise.

I’m not here to defend every action of every boomer, but I do believe we get further when we see each other as allies rather than adversaries. I’ll keep listening and learning and I hope you’ll allow space for a few of us boomers to walk beside you as we all try to make things better.

By the way, I grew up in Holland and now live in Australia. All most of us did was simply try to live out the ethos you described, “I am the king of my own castle. I am the captain of myself. I do not have to do anything that you want me to do. I am in charge of me. And if what I'm doing doesn't harm anyone, I should be completely allowed". Most of us were completely oblivious to the deeper mechanics of the money system.

Think of how many Bitcoiners (old and young) who you’ve heard say, “I never knew how money really worked until I went down the Bitcoin rabbit hole". Bitcoin was born 2009.

Thank you for the dialogue nostr:nprofile1qqsp4lsvwn3aw7zwh2f6tcl6249xa6cpj2x3yuu6azaysvncdqywxmgprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hs9c3e6y and I wish you (and all of us) strength on the path ahead. 🧡