Yeah dude. I’m Xilenial, was told how I would grow up and be just like them. No, really, becoming old is a choice. My younger brothers are full on MAGA and hate-filled. They look and act older than I do by a long shot. I work with teams of Gen Z students and stay young by being around them.
You can age without becoming old. Some people chose to be old, and those types tend to hate younger folks and also hated the older people when they were younger themselves.
Right?! I was way more conservative in my teens and have gone way further to the left and less conservative as I’ve aged.
“When you buy a house you’ll understand” … yeah, nope, maybe it’s the fact that it took 3 of us to buy the house instead of ONE salary being able to, but, nope - still not a crazy jackass who has no empathy just to keep my property taxes low.
ETA: Gen Z is great. I love the no fucks given attitude in the workplace and they’re a fucking inspiration.
I think you’re right. Boomers were much more liberal than their parents but became neoconservatives once they got into housing ownership and the stock market. They then projected their own wants and desires on the next generations and assumed that everyone would follow them.
I was also very conservative as a teen, but that was only because my family lived in a shithole suburb and complained nonstop about California and liberals. As soon as I get away from them, my tune changed pretty much instantly.
There’s also such a thing as conditioning that we must recognize. Alt-right groups are actively targeting people for conversion and radicalization into the MAGA mindset.
Innuendo Studios has done a number of videos on this that are well worth watching. Like this one:
Yeah dude. I’m Xilenial, was told how I would grow up and be just like them. No, really, becoming old is a choice. My younger brothers are full on MAGA and hate-filled. They look and act older than I do by a long shot. I work with teams of Gen Z students and stay young by being around them.
You can age without becoming old. Some people chose to be old, and those types tend to hate younger folks and also hated the older people when they were younger themselves.
Right?! I was way more conservative in my teens and have gone way further to the left and less conservative as I’ve aged.
“When you buy a house you’ll understand” … yeah, nope, maybe it’s the fact that it took 3 of us to buy the house instead of ONE salary being able to, but, nope - still not a crazy jackass who has no empathy just to keep my property taxes low.
ETA: Gen Z is great. I love the no fucks given attitude in the workplace and they’re a fucking inspiration.
I think you’re right. Boomers were much more liberal than their parents but became neoconservatives once they got into housing ownership and the stock market. They then projected their own wants and desires on the next generations and assumed that everyone would follow them.
I was also very conservative as a teen, but that was only because my family lived in a shithole suburb and complained nonstop about California and liberals. As soon as I get away from them, my tune changed pretty much instantly.
There’s also such a thing as conditioning that we must recognize. Alt-right groups are actively targeting people for conversion and radicalization into the MAGA mindset.
Innuendo Studios has done a number of videos on this that are well worth watching. Like this one:
https://youtu.be/P55t6eryY3g?feature=shared
YES… and this is why I want to.punch every clown who says “fascism will die off with the Boomers”. It never has, and never will