Getting up tomorrow will take some courage.
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Hearing Cuban Americans say that Trump needs to win so that "socialism" doesn't take over America makes me think that the Nordic countries really should make more noise about themselves. I mean, people here are fairly neurotic and depressed like the rest of the Western world, but at least living here is very safe and comfortable compared to almost everywhere else, inequality is low, corruption is relatively nonexistent, and everybody agrees on certain basic things.
For example: should everybody be entitled to good-quality healthcare regardless of their socio-economic status? Sure.
Should everybody be entitled to good-quality education regardless of the socio-economic status of their parents? Yes. Of course. Does it really make any sense to disagree about this stuff?
"Data show that those in Generation Z, like millennials before them, tend to be more liberal than their older counterparts. A January report from the Pew Research Center found that among registered voters, 61% of Gen Z voters said that they were definitely or probably going to vote for the Democratic candidate for president this year, while 22% responded that they were planning to vote for Trump.
ReplyDeleteAnd among Republicans, Gen Z conservatives are likely to diverge from older party members on key issues, the Pew study said.
Gen Z Republicans are more likely than their elders to say that Black people are treated less fairly than white people. Among Republicans, about 43% of Gen Z respondents take that view, compared with 30% of millennials and roughly 20% of Gen Xers, boomers and those in the silent generation. Gen Z Republicans are also much more likely to say that an uptick in diversity is a good thing for society."
"Climate change, health care access and economic opportunity are among the top issues for Gen Z, and many positions that are relegated to the left among older generations also resonate with Gen Z Republicans."
"On climate change, only 14 percent of Gen Zers overall and 18 percent of Republican Gen Zers believe the Earth is warming due to natural patterns, rather than human activity. That stands out from older Republicans: 30 percent of millennial Republicans, 36 percent of Gen X Republicans and about 42 percent of baby boomer Republicans list natural patterns as the cause of global warming."
"70% of Gen Zers have negative opinions about the president, including 61% who view him “very” unfavorably."
Not to mention the fact that the American population is going to keep getting more and more diverse:
"The differences between Baby Boomers and today’s young people are easy enough to see. Younger generations now are far more diverse: White people made up four-fifths of the Baby Boom (defined as those born between 1946 and 1964), but represent only three-fifths of Millennials (born 1981 through 1996) and only a little more than half of Gen Z (tentatively defined as those born from 1997 through 2014)."
So... Trump is a temporary thing.
The Republican party is going to have to change.
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I also have to say this:
Just ten years ago, when I was 16, teenagers didn't give a shit about anything. They really didn't. It was extremely depressing. Total social and political apathy was the norm. I remember fantasizing about the 1960's and feeling like my generation was the complete opposite of young people then. It was impossible to imagine things would change the way they've changed now. Something dramatic has happened in these past few years. (Maybe Trump did it?) For a couple of years, I've been in a perpetual state of astonishment over this.