• small_crow@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    This article poses a Yes or No question in its headline, then takes 1500 words to answer it with “Maybe, sort of by some metrics, but not in any way that matters. I don’t know only time will tell.”

    It includes Millennials in its statistics about Gen Z by referencing “under 30’s” (the youngest Millennials are currently 28) and includes a comparison of Gen Z to both “middle aged” people and Millennials, which overlap, the oldest Millennials are 43. So it’s comparing young millennials to middling millennials and saying they’re actually more like old millennials.

    I wish I hadn’t read it. My bad though, I should have known. Articles that generalize people into categories as broad as generations are always poorly written.

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    8 months ago

    I generally disagree with the analysis of the article. Particularly, I think that Gen Z men and women showing roughly the same divide in voting as older generations still constitutes a major shift. If it gets to the point that Gen Z has a greater divide than older generations, I would consider that an extreme result of this trend. Curious what y’all think?

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      8 months ago

      At least in USA conservatives are trying to actively take away women rights, so I’m kind of surprised the drift is not even worse.