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[–] Ghostalmedia 98 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Because people are already jumping to conclusions without reading the article. Here is the core of the survey data.

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/gen-z-less-religious-more-liberal-lgbtq

Identifying as Republican went from 32% in the Boomer Generation to 21% in Gen Z. Identifying as LGBTQ+ went from 4% with Boomers to 28% with Gen Z.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

With the exception of millennials, who were born between 1981 and 1996, Gen Z adults are notably less likely than those in other generations to identify as conservative.

Or in simpler terms, both Millennials and Gen Z are equally less likely than those in other generations to identify as conservative.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It turns out that people don't become more conservative as they age, they become more conservative as they gain wealth. Millennials and Gen Z aren't.

[–] asteriskeverything 50 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Dude it's plainly obvious, at least in my lived experience trying to reach 40. The Republicans I know who "became" republican all either

  1. Moved up in class (perceived or real)
  2. Became religious
  3. Legitimately has a mental illness

I am not saying this as a dig, and I am not saying all Republicans etc etc just the people who weren't and then CHANGED THEIR MIND.

[–] Saltblue 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

religious

Mental illness

You repeated the same thing twice.

[–] stoly 5 points 10 months ago

Glad I wasn't the only one to notice this haha

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm starting to move up my career ladder somehow, and I feel this. It's very easy to be selfish and vote for less tax, taking advantage of the young and poor etc. Well, I mean, people other than me grab easy money, around my circle. (And when they justify themselves, I feel they show anger in order to warn me from questioning the morality further.

What's making me insist to be on the progressive (?) or socialist side (which I believe is the right thing to do) is maybe I've had enough anger towards the ruling class while I was younger. Or I read enough reddit / fediverse posts from the working class.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

What’s more important than the absolute number of your taxes is what they’re being spent on.

I personally like having a nice community to live in, my shit not being stolen, my family not getting mugged, etc. And that means investing in communities so they can be better, so then the people living there will get better jobs, and we all grow our economy and have nice places to live.

If one party is promising slightly lower taxes, but they want to spend those on militarizing the police and book banning committees, you’re not really getting much in return for your tax investment.

[–] stoly 5 points 10 months ago

My experience mirrors yours. Those who are after material wealth in any context tend to be conservative and define themselves by their perceived successes more than by their personalities. Such people will fill that void with religion.

[–] J12 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Get on board GenX. We’re the future and the soon to be majority, so you might as well join the club. We promise we’ll treat you better than the boomers treated you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

The issue is that if Republicans win they will make sure they will win every election from now on. They already started doing it (vote suppression for the black and Latinos for example).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I'm already here. Make sure you vote. 😁

[–] stoly 1 points 10 months ago

Gen X will never be the majority, Millenials are greater in number. And the older ones will be 50 by the time the boomers disappear from power.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Because people are already jumping to conclusions without reading the article. Here is the core of the survey data. Identifying as Republican went from 32% in the Boomer Generation to 21% in Gen Z. Identifying as LGBTQ+ went from 4% with Boomers to 28% with Gen Z.

The conclusion I would have jumped to is that the percentage of Gen Z who identified as LGBTQ+ would be greater than that who identified as Republican. So it seems I don't actually need to read it. 😜