Maybe eventually when time marches on and we become the majority (I’m 23) we can make good positive social change. In some ways, while living through it is bad; the hardship and unfairness of the system is preventing the usual trend of people becoming more conservative as they age; so perhaps there is hope for things getting better in the future. We just have to keep trying; we can’t give in to cynicism.

[–] Paradachshund 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm 32 and no way in hell am I turning conservative. Fuck that we need change and we need it now.

[–] root_beer@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

I’m 42 and neither am I. My dad is going to be 73 on Monday, and neither is he.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is it is not a generational issue. It's a class issue. Rich millennials, and Gen Z will be no better than the rich Boomers. They will die believing they are just more special than everyone else and that is why they deserve so much more.

Generations won't change shit about who is in charge, sadly.

[–] daltotron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I dunno man, I've met some of my peers. The vast majority of them are just normal people, right, living their lives, totally nice, but then some of them are really fucking stupid or mean, and I kind of wonder if this narrative that gen Z will save the world is true at all, or if it's just that same sort of nonsense, that all we'll have to do is wait and things will somehow get better.

[–] Khotetsu@lib.lgbt 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Studies have apparently shown that the trend of people becoming more conservative as they grow older isn't even true. The data says that the Boomers were just as conservative when they started voting as they are today. If anything, people consistently become more conservative as they get wealthier.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe it. Majority of white boomers hated the Civil Rights movement.

[–] Khotetsu@lib.lgbt 2 points 1 year ago

Yup. I imagine that's the kind of reason why they started that myth in the first place. So they could avoid taking the blame by claiming they were more liberal when they were younger.