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It can’t be proven, but common sense would say GenZ are the most nihilistic because they have to work the hardest to even get to the middle, let alone the end.
by jesuscript 4y ago
It can’t be proven, but common sense would say GenZ are the most nihilistic because they have to work the hardest to even get to the middle, let alone the end.
I’d say the people in the beginning and end have a tangible resentment, and not necessarily an existential crisis. In other words, GenZ would be resentful of having to start fresh against the barbarian Millenial/Boomer horde, and Boomers would be resentful of any attempt at reformation where their scraps from the race would be worth less.
It’s only Millenials who would neither resent GenZ or Boomers because they were already GenZ once upon a time, and know they have to become Boomers to survive.
That would be my best argument for why Millennials are in some deep psychological shit.
- glogla 4y agoI think GenZ is less nihilistic, because they are younger - they are not as burned and scarred as millennials yet, and they still believe that things can be changed, that world can be saved. Millennials already tried, found it didn't work, found it was for nothing, found it will never work because the systems of humanity don't allow for it.
- jesuscript 4y agoI think one thing to note about generations prior to GenZ is that when those generations gave up, they mostly gave up on the system (too big to be changed). The cynic comes from the death of the idealist, so at some point these people believed in evolving the system. GenZ believes in people. When they give up, they won’t give up on the system, they will give up on people. I’d keep a watchful eye on that development.
- achenet 4y ago> Millennials already tried, found it didn't work, found it was for nothing, found it will never work because the systems of humanity don't allow for it. speak for yourself. I'm changing the world, one kind gesture at a time ^_^
- MockObject 4y agoI'm always astounded when lengthy generational analyses invalidate themselves by neglecting even the briefest mention of Gen X.
- Apocryphon 4y agoHaven't Gen X, so used to being the overlooked generation, who dropped out and laid flat decades ago as the slacker generation, already invalidated themselves?