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This author did not even mention how interest rates are the singular decision of a couple guys at a private bank.

#wtf

# The Boomer Mirage - Joshua Stylman

**Source:** https://stylman.substack.com/p/the-boomer-mirage?triedRedirect=true

## Summary

- • The document analyzes a chart depicting the decline in marriage and homeownership rates among 30-year-olds from over 50% in 1950 to an expected 13% by 2025, attributing this trend to systemic economic changes rather than cultural shifts.

- • It argues that the economic foundation for family formation has eroded, leading to the breakdown of the social contract and the transformation of adulthood from a starting point into an ongoing struggle.

- • The post–World War II economic boom was based on unsustainable conditions, including cheap energy and demographic advantages, which have since vanished, leaving subsequent generations facing economic challenges.

- • The housing market reflects this decline, with data indicating more sellers than buyers as younger generations are priced out of homeownership.

- • Institutions once seen as stable have shifted to extraction models, causing foundational aspects of life—like family and ownership—to be commodified and priced out of reach.

- • The document highlights a transition from tangible assets for Boomers to digital assets for younger generations, emphasizing the trade-offs involving surveillance and control in modern financial systems.

- • It critiques the emergence of digital financial systems as a replacement for traditional ownership, warning of the potential for increased economic monitoring.

- • The author suggests that the collapse of the old system presents an opportunity to create a new structure based on truth and agency, rather than nostalgia for a bygone era.

- • The piece concludes with a call to recognize the paradigm shift and to build a new economic and social framework that prioritizes genuine sovereignty over manipulated participation.

## Key Information

### Extracted Entities

**Keyword:** becomes, boomers, digital, economic, generation, next, people, rates, real, system

**Location:** America, U.S.

**Organization:** American Dream, Federal Reserve

**Person:** Aaron Day, Catherine Austin Fitts

### Referenced Links

- [Federal Reserve data](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US)

- https://x.com/NewsLambert/status/1952220030722068877

- [systematic replacement of real value with declared value](https://brownstone-org.webpkgcache.com/doc/-/s/brownstone.org/articles/fiat-everything-when-decree-replaced-reality/)