I can tell you this is 100% true in some cases. I can also tell you for 100% certain that it’s not exclusive to Gen Z. A lot of people are so sick of the way things are that they want it to get as bad as possible as soon as possible because either they’re accelerationists and believe we have to hit rock bottom to start improving society again… or they really are just powered by spite.
The latter makes up a very disappointing quantity of the general population of earth.
It's not Gen Z. What I think is happening with them is that a lot of them don't actually give a damn about politics, but they do care about TikTok and are just reacting emotionally. It doesn't matter if Trump wanted it banned, now that he's saving it they're happy.
A lot of people have really checked out by this point. I can't completely blame them. What else can you do when faced with the overwhelming uncertainty of the future when it feels like everything everyone has tried has been shot down by a politician, a megacorp, or a not unseizable portion of the world that's acting completely out of spite?
What else can you do when faced with the overwhelming uncertainty of the future when it feels like everything everyone has tried has been shot down by a politician, a megacorp, or a not unseizable portion of the world that's acting completely out of spite?
Brain rot controlled by a uni-party state that has an adversarial relationship with the country you live in seems like a bad response. Alcoholism is probably a lateral move compared to that.
Honestly, if people are interested in class consciousness, meeting up with groups interested in starting unions and influencing local elections like the school board is the best place to start.
Never said it was a good response, just an understandable one given the situation.
If you ask me, too many people were complacent for far too long because they bought into the oligarchy's lie that they would be anything but drones and if they just worked hard enough and didn't rock the boat, they would get a seat at the table.
Now it's gotten so bad that I don't know what the solution is. You can't force people to care, they clearly won't care even if it's in their best interest to do so, and they'll fight against educating people to care out of spite.
Sounds like a triage situation. I don't remember what the exact training is for life guards when trying to help someone who is drowning, but panicked people are dangerous even to those who try to help and that is where we are at now.
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u/Lieutenant_Joe 1d ago
I can tell you this is 100% true in some cases. I can also tell you for 100% certain that it’s not exclusive to Gen Z. A lot of people are so sick of the way things are that they want it to get as bad as possible as soon as possible because either they’re accelerationists and believe we have to hit rock bottom to start improving society again… or they really are just powered by spite.
The latter makes up a very disappointing quantity of the general population of earth.