Given that this photo was posted less than 36 hours after Joseph Biden stepped down as a candidate in the 2024 U.S. presidential race, a reader notes: Gen Z isn’t wasting any time.
Good point, but progressives face some tough realities here. Getting young people to vote has never been a piece of cake.
But will it be easier in 2024? Perhaps.
Gen Z is going to be around a lot longer than I will. One might think that the idea of life on a planet whose daily news includes stories of more frequent and intense floods, wildfires, and wars over disappearing resources would be extremely unappealing. And ignoring climate change is only one aspect of life here that will unfold if Trump is re-elected. Do our kids want a federal ban on abortion? Education and lawmaking that are “biblically-based?”
But is this generation up to the task of taking a few seconds to register to vote, and another couple of minutes to cast their ballots? So many of them seem so disconnected. Overall, unemployment is low, but well-paying and satisfying career paths have given way to extreme wage pressure and oppressive demands from corporations that use people the same way they use IT, inventory, and real estate.
The fascism of the early 20th Century taught us all the key elements of the playbook (see below).
In particular, when a leader identifies an enemy like Islam as a grievous threat and pledges eliminate it, one might think that such a position would generate suspicion, rather than adoration.
No so here in the United States, where tens of millions of uneducated Americans would happily elect Trump an absolute leader for life, in the way of Putin and Xi.
In addition to all the sane, honest, and compassionate people in the U.S., I’m sure there are many Trump supporters who would agree.
Rich people may love the tax breaks, but very few of them want their kids to become criminal sociopaths.
https://www.2greenenergy.com/2026/05/20/raising-children/
There many be several explanations for this trend, but the most obvious is that the political right in the United States stands for lawlessness, i.e., the opposite of what law schools teach.
The Trump administration is essentially a criminal organization. You won’t find many intelligent and honest people, e.g., the professors and students in this setting, who support things like pardoning (and then rewarding) the thugs who stormed the Capitol and beat up law enforcement personnel.
https://www.2greenenergy.com/2026/05/20/law-schools-are-leaning-left-but-what-does-this-mean/
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