Comment by toomuchtodo
5 hours ago
I see this in a similar light to the opioid crisis. While it won’t directly kill you like opioid addiction or overdose, economically strip mining Gen Z and Gen Alpha for gains using meme stocks, crypto, sports betting, prediction markets, and similar systems is going to leave us in a bad spot after these enterprises have left with their gains.
Indicators to track will be suicide, bankruptcies, domestic violence, military washout rate, etc.
Related:
The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5770722 - November 19, 2025
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