• ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    4 hours ago

    because the conditions that made the “baby boomers” or the characteristic “millennials” are almost exclusive to the post-ww2 economic boom in the US.

    gen-z is just a name that describes young people. why not just say young people instead of making up generational war nicknames?

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      2 hours ago

      No term will ever satisfy everyone. And everyone knows who “gen z” refers to. I’ll not let your semantic wars ruin my day… which is so xennial of me 👓

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        2 hours ago

        i just don’t want this generational divide getting to people. (and it’s probably not just young people)

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            1 hour ago

            not ancient. propagandizing younger generations to weaponize juvenoia is a very recent thing, if you were born in the last 50 years you can remember it, as i do.

            we can be better and not help further this suspicious ass agenda.

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      3 hours ago

      You could make that case for the boomers, but with the advent of the Internet it’s not really limited to specific countries anymore. Gen z just describes people who grew up with some access to the internet, but not to the extent of alpha. A large part of these recent revolts were caused or accelerated by social media. Gen Z is more specific than young people, and in this case also more culturally relevant.

      Doesn’t matter anyway, even if you think Gen Z isn’t real you know what age range the article is talking about.

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        3 hours ago

        historically it’s always young people and minorities (of any age) that go out to fuck things up. they are the ones who get the most fucked after all. no need to make generational divides out of it though, it’s not just them getting the short end of the stick.

        and not just genz grew up with internet, it’s just that they are the young ones still. shitty fucking propaganda tbh.