In Brazil, they rallied online by the millions, sharing videos and spreading memes. In Serbia, they cycled across Europe and ran ultramarathons to make their voices heard.
Both movements burst into international public view last month as they became central during election campaigns to the pushback against authoritarianism. What they also offered, however, was a window into a wider phenomenon playing out across the globe, as youth-led movements reshape political landscapes.
Boomers stayed in power too long and made sure future generations would have nothing, millennials did fuck all (aka my generation) and gen z decided to fight back and what else can they do? dwindling job opportunities, a future where ownership is an idea whispered in back alleys and no improvement in sight.
These boomer shit stains fucked themselves over with this, if gen z has nothing to lose then they’ll fight more fiercely for something they can have later because now they have nothing and if it keeps going like this future generations will know only slavery so what better time to fight back than now.
No thank you on the generation war
Just class war for me please
Don’t be distracted by petty wedges like an arbitrary generation classification
milleneals also recieved the worst of what boomers resulted in(multiple wars which millineals had to fight and die in, several economic crashes which resulted in less and hard to obtain jobs in alot of sectors), so if you are genx or boomer yourself, you are part of the problem expecting others to fix your issues.
they are still getting shit from boomers even now, and even some millineals act like boomers with regards to thier siblings jobs. you act like as if Genz arnt even more screwed up than milleneals, they are actually falling behind academically, they grew up entirely of watching tiktok and youtube too.
I guess you didn’t read my comment completely, i already said i’m a millennial.
And i can’t find it now but my father found a “study” or something and it described my generation aka millennials as drug addicted, alcoholic psychopaths sooo yeah i don’t belong even in my generation because i don’t drink, i rarely take meds and i haven’t noticed any psychopathic tendencies, but then again when have they ever noticed something is wrong with them, oh yeah and we’re supposed to be suicidal, but i have gotten used to those thoughts, it’s mostly just a whisper in the back of my head instead of screaming to off myself.
Maybe you did fuck all. I was at the marches, I donated to leftist candidates, and bail funds, I’ve phone banked, and The only election I’ve missed since I was 18 is a municipal primary.
Some millennials have caught and are still fighting for the next generation.
Not to mention, citizens united hit just after most millenials got to voting age. The system was already deeply corrupt when we inherited it, and we didn’t have the numbers to outvote the combined status quo that boomers and gen x had established.
As a gen Xer who has all progressive friends, I looked it up to prove you wrong. You seem to be correct, my whole generation is … some sort of statistically conservative inclined aberration (not by too many points, but still…). I don’t know why that is but it’s embarrassing.
https://apnorc.org/projects/younger-generations-stand-out-on-identity-acceptance-and-progressive-policies/
(Note: not saying this to hate on your generation - just… sad facts)
Your generation is heavily lead poisoned. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2118631119#fig01 It of course is not an even distribution of lead, some have more than others due to exposure risks, some are more resistant to the lead, etc.
That’s why “gen X” is an outlier. Womp womp
Do get your lead levels checked! But you’re prob fine :)
There’s a silent pact, that you inherit power and authority from the last generation, you use that to shape the next, and then entrust them with that power and authority. Boomers did not honour their side of the pact. They were bestowed power and authority from the generation before them and then they kept it all to themselves while disenfranchising the next generation. These guys deserve what’s coming for them.
I would just like to say, as politely as I can: please shut the fuck up about millennials. Thanks!
Meh. Gen X wasn’t even mentioned as usual.
Who?
I AM ONE!! So if YOU aren’t one feel free to fuck off! “Thanks!”
Yes, I know, I read your comment. I don’t care. Please don’t support hostility between millennials and gen Z.
Generational hostility is such a pointless wedge issue
I’m disappointed so many appear to be falling for it
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My millennial ass made sure there’s a house paid off for my kids and that wasn’t easy. Everything I do is to further help my kids in the future, especially since one of them has a moderate disability. I wish I could have done more to change this course the world is on. My eldest is gen Z, I have faith in their generation. They will be/are a great force in this world.
You forgot Gen X which didn’t even get a chance to be its own personality since the Boomers were there already.
Being honest: after 2022 with all the Gen Zers voting right, I had given up. I suspect that, if the Guardian is at all right here, Gen Z needed to see what happens when you go extreme.
I have to give it to genx, they are fucking hard. Not in the US, as of yet, but in many places. I wish my generation had that spirit. We have to help them, and make this spread, and “protest,” in new and exciting ways that make a difference. I’ve some ideas…