Why Australia’s Gen Z is unlike any voting cohort before it and why every institution built for the old Australia is about to find out.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/34570186

I found this such an interesting article. Gen Z is a pioneer generation, imv. I hope they lead us to a better society and future.

For those of you who are Gen Z, would you agree with the observations in the article?

  • TheHolm@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    20 days ago

    “hey want someone to name the enemy, and the enemy they recognise is not the migrant or the welfare recipient. It’s the landlord, the bank, the supermarket duopoly.”
    Just LOL. Just target them hard enough, and they will happily label as an enemy a migrant from a country other than their own, or someone who came five years later than their parents. Hate is universal; it doesn’t need a reason. Being brainwashed by our education system, Gen Z lacks the ability to think critically and distinguish lies from truth. Easy prey.

    • arbilp3@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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      20 days ago

      Hate is universal; it doesn’t need a reason.

      Sounds you’re pretty full of hate writing this. But is it innate or is it brainwashing? Are you brainwashed into thinking that hate is universal? Do you hate for no reason?

      We are all conditioned by our socio-cultural group(s) to see reality in a certain way. Some stick with this mind set till the end of their days, others move out of it for any of a thousand reasons. Gen Z has come into this world at a pivotal time, Where is your evidence that Gen Z lacks the ability to think critically? All of Gen Z? It’s a pretty absolute statement. Are you thinking truly critically?

      • TheHolm@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        20 days ago

        Unfortunately, I’m speaking of experience. I have seen plenty of smart, educated, and kind persons turn into literal Nazis under the influence of propaganda. Hell, there are plenty of examples of that when half of a country went bad.
        Yes, I’m generalizing Gen Z. I’m sure that among them there are plenty of thinking people who are immune to propaganda. My daughter is Gen Z, and I have observed how she was taught in school and university. The whole curriculum is aimed at preventing independent thinking from developing. I understand that this is only one example, but I believe it is systemic. The state does not need thinkers; it needs consumers.