Young people count less and less in German politics. Your interests? Disturb! Their future? Meaningless! A coalition that describes itself as the 'last patron of democracy', which could lead the country into the future with additional debts of almost one trillion euros, is developing into the most anti-future government since the founding of the Federal Republic. The award-winning business journalist Felix Petruschke settles scores: with the Merz system, which has long since turned 'prosperity for all' into 'prosperity for the elderly'. With a country that has become full, sluggish and anxious. With a policy that betrays the younger generation, because they are increasingly becoming a minority in an ageing country. This book is an outcry. It shows how other countries are picking up the pace while Germany is slowing down; and how Germany could finally become more progressive again. It asks the question: How long will the younger ones put up with all this?