For shame!
Here’s my problem with your thinking - our children and grandchildren deserve a chance.
I’m 39. I guess I am from generation x? My parents were part of the free love generation. They had me when they were 18. They divorced when I was 6 months old. My grandparents raised me. They were from the Depression era. They gave me a great life. They taught me valuable lessons. One thing they taught me was that you don’t give up when it seems like you’ve been licked.
We are limited only by the extent of our ingenuity. Wake up, man!
We're actually on the same page on that. I believe that the plummet to the bottom will be the worst part of this ride. I'd rather take it myself than put my children through it. The longer we hold it off, the more they'll have to go through. Plus, they'll learn more from the hard work of rebuilding than I could ever teach them.