I feel like that title could have been a lot shorter.
And why should they?
The kids are alroght
a healthy dose of skepticism never hurt anyone
Skepticism is healthy, but it can quickly snowball into general apathy, and that is one of the most toxic things ever.
I can’t blame anyone for getting burn out on the whole damn system but it’s what those that benefit from the status quo are counting on. Much easier to muddy the water and get you to opt out entirely than it is to win you over with the facts.
For 12 of the last 30 years, the presidency has been held by someone who didn’t get the popular vote, and gerrymandering and our fucked up system means a half dozen people in Bumfuck, Flyover can decide whether people can afford ramen or the fancier bulk pasta and sauce. And all the while the world is burning and the rich motherfuckers get even richer.
I don’t blame people for their apathy. The world is absolutely fucked, and our society has painted itself into more corners than a room could possibly have.
Gen Z is just as gullible. Technically, more gullible than Boomers because Gen Z fall for scams at the highest rate as a cohort.
This opinion piece may be correct. I think it is more their personal politics informs their religion, and no main stream religions available in their areas cater to that in the US. Even finding things like Buddhist temples, that aren’t really just some ethnic traditions that necessarily keep peopleout,are hard to find. A lot of churches are ideologically just as awful as we remember. Mosques even worse. Reform Jewish temples are open minded and progressive but Gen Z has a huge problem with Jews in general.
I really think we are going to see a big problem with the cohort as they age. Not just religiously. Teachers have been warning for years that Gen Z as a group have severe deficiencies with critical thinking and reading comprehension. Normally, I think these divides are too rough to be useful. However, there definitely seems to be something there.
Reform Jewish temples are open minded and progressive but Gen Z has a huge problem with Jews in general.
Do you have a source for that? I’m not disputing you but I’d like some more context.
I would have said the problem with Jewish temples as a choice for people seeking a religion is that Judaism has a pretty high barrier to entry.
They don’t fall for scams at a higher rate—they fall for online scams at a higher rate. Which shouldn’t surprise anyone.
Gen Z is far more online than other generations, giving them more chances of being scammed. Classic case of not factoring in online usage.
They’re also still young with less life experience.
A concerning way to read this is that trust in institutions, not just religion but all of our institutions, is falling amongst the younger generation. But the best functioning societies enjoy high trust in their institutions. I am genuinely concerned about the falling levels of social cohesion.
This trust needs to be earnes.
Agreed. It’s a vicious feedback loop. Failing institutions leads to lack of public support for those institutions, which leads to even worse institutions. I think it’s still possible to get out of this nose dive, but I’m concerned.
Seen a lot of them trust what ever dumb crap on ticktock though. I am sure that will be weaponized more than it already is
Conspiracy theories are the concept you are talking about imho.
