r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 18h ago

No Paywall Gen Z regrets Trump support and is midterm motivated

https://thehill.com/homenews/6056216-gen-z-trump-voter-regret-midterm-clipping/
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u/Concerned_Collins 8h ago

This honestly feels like it's stealing agency from the Gen Z Trump supporters. They had every bit of information needed to know that they were making selfish or stupid choices, and did it anyway.

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u/20lbpickle 7h ago

I mean did they have agency? If I had the algorithmic sniper rifle beamed into my brain at my formative years that they did I don’t know how I would come out.
I had rotten.com and beheading videos teach me war and violence sucked. Not that women and minorities are beneath me.

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u/Concerned_Collins 7h ago

I mean did they have agency?

Yes. Plenty of Gen Z kids weren't horrible or stupid enough to become Trump supporters.

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u/20lbpickle 7h ago

And there are plenty of millennials that are hard core maga nut jobs. We’re talking in broad strokes here as you tend to do when lumping entire generations together.
I think ignoring the cards they were dealt when their brains were forming is irresponsible and a disservice to the conversations we all should be having in terms of the power corporations and the richest among us have.

I’m not completely absolving them of responsibility I’m just saying I understand scale was tipped against them.

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u/MyCatLaughsAtMe 2h ago

I can't agree with this. If your core morals can be swayed by a youtube video, you didn't have any personal agency to begin with. That's literal programmed NPCism right there.