MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGen Z Won’t Save Usslate.comexternal-linkmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down115
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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·1 month agoTurns out that growing up with a phone in their hand made a lot of them particularly susceptible to right-wing propaganda.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI agree that this is the lesson, but it’s bolstered by decades of bad behavior by the previous generations who chose not to leave a livable world for their children.
minus-squareBMTea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoTen Z didn’t vote Trump in. They simply voted for Kamala less.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoWhich helped Trump win.
minus-squareBMTea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoMaybe they bought into Kamala’s messaging that Trump had no chance and that even Republicans hated him. No point turning up if its as good as won.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat’s not the message I saw. I saw him being considered an imminent threat, unlike in 2016.
Turns out that growing up with a phone in their hand made a lot of them particularly susceptible to right-wing propaganda.
I agree that this is the lesson, but it’s bolstered by decades of bad behavior by the previous generations who chose not to leave a livable world for their children.
Ten Z didn’t vote Trump in. They simply voted for Kamala less.
Which helped Trump win.
Maybe they bought into Kamala’s messaging that Trump had no chance and that even Republicans hated him. No point turning up if its as good as won.
That’s not the message I saw. I saw him being considered an imminent threat, unlike in 2016.