I have to relish in the fact that everything I pass onto the next generation is infinitely worse than it was when I received it.

Don't be too hard on yourself ... remember that the adage of 'the next generation is better off than the previous one'...was a total lie.

It was built on debt of the future, to pacify the electorate.

NOW is the time the charade is falling to pieces.
It was inevitable, it's just that this generation (and the next one) are 'it' in the game financial musical chairs.

That's why we need a non debt based monetary system so it doesn't happen again...or it will...as sure as the sun comin' up in the morning..