Summary
With Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, young Gen Z voters like Kate, Holly, and Rachel are grappling with deepening divides with their Trump-supporting parents.
For many, these conflicts go beyond policy disagreements, touching on core values and morality. Parents once focused on fiscal conservatism have, in some cases, embraced conspiracy theories, creating painful rifts.
Studies suggest political divisions are increasingly seen as moral judgments, fostering a “mega-identity” where political views signify personal decency.
For these young adults, maintaining family connections amidst such ideological fractures has become challenging.
I’m in my 40s and I always wonder “am I still young people?” When these articles come up. Middle age and modern society be weird.
42 here. I don’t feel old yet, that’s all that matters. I’m still doing the same shit I did in my twenties more or less. Except for needing a bit more caffeine nowadays to get going.
The people 20 years younger than me do seem to be getting weirder and weirder though. I also noticed the old cliques are gone (skaters, emos, ‘gangstas’, jocks, etc.) and everyone just kinda does their own thing now.
Late 30s here, everyone is getting considered young people until the boomers and Silents die
poor gen x. they’re either boomers or millenials. Gen X doesn’t exist.
(/mild sarcasm)
Same. What made me feel old as fuck in this article was one of the young women mentioning voting for Obama in her elementary school mock election.