10 years from now, someone else will be looking on whatever you were able to do with envy... well, maybe.
This nihilism does no one any favors of course. I just think we're no where near a breaking point for any of it to change significantly.
Newer generations lucked out because they learned early that boomers will only help themselves and the only chance they have for social mobility is to gamble their way into wealth. Lucky for them, they'll get to live out their life being served coffee by some of the smartest, most well educated baristas the world has ever seen.