That was too long for me to read, but it's worth noting this part in regards to the baby boomers:

What in the royal fuck was this generation thinking?

Remember, these guys are the ones becoming adults in the 60's and 70's. You know, the era of peace and free love and rampant drug use?

They were saying much of the same things you are. Now they aren't because they're in the positions they were complaining about previously.

So where will you be in 30 years? :P

Also, Amazon is profitable now. There are plenty of problems with mega corporations but investment capital isn't really one of them. Investment capital is a good thing, it's the only way people can start their own companies and get ahead... there's definitely some insanity with the things investors choose to fund though.

And you touched on the whole jobs going away thing but don't like universal basic income... do you have another idea? I really can't think of any solution for the jobs we're going to start losing very, very soon.