Yes we can hope.
I agree that the millennials look at the world in a totally different way than the previous generations. The older crowd dying off will offer a different voice.
Once factor in all this is, in the US, the second half of the baby boomer generation is ill-prepared for retirement. How will that affect their viewpoint? And what will another bankster created crash do to the psyche of people? The last one, fueled by real estate, cut deep....