Posted on 01/28/2019 10:55:17 AM PST by bryan999
There has been much talk about the Millennial generation being entitled, lazy, and narcissistic. And while Millennials like myself were busy fending off the harsh criticisms and stereotypes constantly flung at our generation, a whole new demographic was slowly emerging from the shadows. Hello, Generation Z! The fiscally responsible, tattoo hating, Republican leaning group, touted by conservatives as their best hope for the future, and as the antithesis of Millennials.
While Millennials still remember cassette players and dial-up Internet, Generation Z grew up hounded by perpetual terrorist threats and school shootings reflecting on them from their Macbook and iPad screens.
They grew up watching Millennials entering the work force with thousands of dollars in school debt, and it seems that they are intent on not making the same mistakes as us.
According to research, Gen Z is more individualistic, more conservative both socially and fiscally, and they’re already making waves of impact on our political system. Gen Z, those born in 1995 or later, is possibly the most conservative generation since World War II, and it is worrying that their impact has been completely overlooked during this election. While our fears might be preemptive, we should not make the mistake of disregarding the intriguing yet also possibly worrying world views of Generation Z.
Oftentimes Millennials have been criticized for being notoriously liberal, but it looks like the generation right behind us has completely rebelled. A U.K. Study at The Gild did a survey of almost 2,000 adults and found that on issues like gay marriage, marijuana legalization, transgender rights, and even tattoos, 59% of Gen Z respondents described their views as ‘conservative’ and ‘moderate’.
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David Hogg and Emma Gonzales are Gen Z.
I suspect GenZ sees through the lies and manipulations of the progressives, sees their fakeness plainly, and ain’t buying it.
They are my hope for change. We must support, encourage and empower them in all possible ways.
Well... you can’t win them all!
Bring in enough illegals, and Gen Z will be muted.
I sincerely hope the author is right.
Given the dominant culture, and in particular, the school system, I don’t see how though.
There’s no “Generation Z.”
Millennials are people born from the mid 80’s to the early 00’s.
The generation following them are teenagers and younger. They haven’t earned a name because there isn’t enough known about them yet.
Generation Z contains people who have been passed over for college admission and jobs because they were not “diverse” enough for the new Affirmative Action guidelines, and they are not happy.
The GOP should also lose some sleep over Gen Z. They are more radical than the GOP is prepared to handle. They don’t seem to have the guilt of the two generations that precede them, and probably won’t be placated by a capital gains tax cut while their countries are destroyed.
My son (’96) and my daughter (’94) are pretty much diametrically opposed to each other politically and “social justice” wise. An interesting thing that in the ‘16 election, my son was initially intrigued by Bernie, but voted for DJT in the general. He is more interested in disrupting the status quo than an ideology. My son usually has a cool head about him, but will get angry if he is labelled as a “millennial”. He proudly refers to himself as “Gen Z”.
SMDH! And, moronials.
demographics are destiny. When they get majority hispanic population republicans will never again win an election. Look at california.
My son was born in 2001 and is ready to vote DJT wholeheartedly in 2020 for his first election. My first election vote was for Reagan’s second term. His will be for Trump’s. He has stated to me many times that his class in school is very conservative.
The Wrath of 4chan
Two words;
Alternative Media
Millennials were brought up during the golden age of the internet (millennials were pretty young when most were on dial up though) when it was the wild wild west and lots of information, lots of sharing, as well as lots of chaos, from chat rooms to Napster... but there wasn’t an alternative media. There didn’t need to be. Before there were “social media” giants (the word social media didn’t even exist), there were a million message boards. Before there were “memes” (the word ‘memes’ didn’t even exist) there hundreds and hundreds of sites where things went viral (another word that wasn’t used). Now, it’s Wikipedia and Facebook. Even google augments their algorithms in secret ways to influence information.
The post-millennials are much more cynical to the information that gets pushed on them by the mainstream behemoths.
Your analysis does make a lot of sense.
One of the things that drives me insane about Millenials is that they appear to accept whatever tripe is fed to them through their phones without investing a second of critical thought.
Perhaps the generation behind them has learned to question their smart phones.
“David Hogg and Emma Gonzales are Gen Z.”
The hard men who hammered Al Qaeda into the ash heap of history were millennials.
The article is speaking to a trend, not making a blanket statement.
David’s mother is or was a school teacher. Today, the vast majority of educators are hard liberal.
Emma Gonzales happens to be David’s cousin. Yes, they are related.
My gen Zers and their friends are conservative and really look up to young youtube guys like Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder. It’s almost like teenage rebellion to be a conservative. Very liberal high school is quite conservative
leaning with boys. They thirst for the alternative message. Even many liberal leaning kids don’t buy into this transgender nonsense.
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