The Great Wealth Transfer: Inheriting a Burning House

For decades, the cultural critique was aimed at the "Boomer" generation for the ecological and economic fallout of their era. But as Millennials—the first generation to grow up with the world's information at their fingertips—begin to inherit the "keys" to global power, a troubling new trend has emerged. Rather than using this unprecedented access to solve systemic crises, a significant segment of men is retreating into a digital fortress of self-obsessed individualism and "weaponised incompetence."

We are currently entering the Great Wealth Transfer, where trillions of dollars will pass from Boomers to Millennials. While this could be a turning point for the planet, there is a dark alternative. If this wealth falls into the hands of men groomed by highly individualistic, "Alpha" ideologies, we may face a leadership crisis even worse than the one before. Imagine a generation of leaders who possess the financial "almightiness" of the Boomers but lack even their basic sense of institutional duty. We risk a "New Patriarchy" that is even more self-centered, using its inherited capital to build private escapes rather than public solutions.

Despite the rise of female activists and scientists, the "miracle" of gender equality in power remains far off. As of 2026, the vast majority of global decisions regarding war, capitalism, and high-level politics are still made by men. It's always just men around the table, making the major global decisions. 

Millennial women are hitting a psychological "wall." They are realising that the energy spent trying to fix an entitled, emotionally impaired man is a "sunk cost." This is leading to a massive redistribution of energy. Women are "decentering" men and re-allocating their brilliance toward their communities. In my own personal life and my professional work as a Tantric masseuse, I communicate with a vast spectrum of men. Increasingly, I find myself tired of feeling like I am running a "reform school for men."  I am constantly forced into the position of explaining basic human decencies—like good manners and the fact that there is absolutely no reason to be a cocky, entitled bollocks. This "emotional pedagogy" is an exhausting, unpaid labor that treats women's patience as an infinite resource.

The modern Manosphere is a highly sophisticated Millennial business model. Led by creators who understand the algorithm better than they understand social science, this movement sells a "lifestyle" to younger men (so basically the usual, men using other men), that prioritises status over substance. Wealth is framed as a tool for dominance rather than a means for ecological or social stability. By convincing men they are the "persecuted" gender, gurus create a loyal customer base that views empathy as a "trap."

Beyond the loud influencers lies a more insidious figure: the "Educated Professional." This man maintains a polished, progressive image, yet his actions tell a different story. He often exhibits Weaponised Incompetence—a deliberate "inability" to handle emotional or domestic labor—hiding behind his "busy" career. Whether it's the "Sneaky Feminist" who performs allyship for social status or the high-earner who views his time as inherently more valuable than his partner's, the core remains the same: a profound lack of emotional maturity and an entitlement to others labor.

But it would be a disservice to the truth to suggest that this crisis is one-sided. While many women are doing the "heavy lifting" of progress, others are falling into a different kind of trap. We see the rise of women who monetise internalised misogyny—selling an utterly unrealistic "submissive" fantasy to the Manosphere for profit—and those who treat the hard-won rights of their grandmothers as a static, guaranteed commodity.​ This "Individualistic Femininity" is often just as vain and ethically detached as the Manosphere itself. It thrives on hyper-consumption, ignores the ecological cost of its lifestyle, and remains apolitical in the face of rising global tensions. This group represents a different kind of threat: an apathy that assumes the world will keep spinning on the fuel of others' labor, without ever contributing a drop of their own.They all share one trait with the entitled men you deal with: The belief that they are an exception to the rules of the collective. They think they can thrive in a collapsing system because they are "pretty enough," "rich enough," or "traditional enough" to be spared.

However, I don't want to overlook the men in public life, on social media, and in their private lives who are not performative feminists. There are men who are realising the weight of these issues and are pulling the force back through genuine education, activism, and healthy male role-modeling. This effort actually goes across generations. We have Boomers today who are trying their absolute best to rectify the past. But the reality remains: even these men know that in most settings, they are the minority. Until we stop grooming men for entitlement and start raising them for integration, the "miracle" of a better future will remain just out of reach, held back by those who are too self-absorbed to help us build it.