The "saving grace" for some of these people is going to be that their grandparents and parents have done the work in the past and they will inherit from them.
That's right. Younger generations don't care and won't care anything of what you are saying about their future anytime soon. Since they maintain the strong belief that there will always be the chap of the pencil up there who will introduce them to the little mermaid with her magic wand and will grant them their three wishes to please all their desires and solve all their problems magically in one fell swoop.