More Baby Boomer egomaniacism. The most egomaniacal generation to ever walk the planet.
If your kids aren't fit to inherit, whose fault is that? Maybe the parents who spent all their time making money instead of raising responsible kids? Nah, couldn't be that.
They were too good for their parents and now they are too good for their kids.
Whatever, let the money go to charity.
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
-Alexander Hamilton
Enki wrote:They were too good for their parents and now they are too good for their kids.
Yep. And perhaps the first generation not to want their children to do better than they did; having their children surpass them would be too hard on their egos.