Scams using Bitcoin, doesn't make the crypto itself a scam, otherwise the dollar is a scam since it's born.
It's up to you and your fellow to explain this to your patriotes
I doubt that
Yes. That's true. But the main source of information for older people is the television or newspaper. Or even maybe radio broadcasts. So, their insights about bitcoin will be as a scam and they might not get into it because of the negative views that the media releases. So I believe that it will have a huge impact.
The senior people group is not the good audience to target. Young people are the most important population because it will be them who will use it the most.
You can compare with a smartphone, tablet, etc you don't see the companies targetting the old people because in some years (maybe just 2-3 years) old people won't be here anymore. Young people are more open to use the new technologies, it's the audience that has the most potential
to fully use crypto (once it's possible of course)
It's like if you have a book to sell, you wouldn't try to sell it to a blind man.