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'Everything got worse': Gen Z express frustration, regret after Trump vote
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this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2026
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Gen Z and Boomers lack critical thinking skills that lead to emotional and poor decisions.
Same goes for the generation(s) in between.
The average person is a fucking idiot and gets taken advantage of for it every day.
That lack of critical thinking skills is a direct and predictable result of everyone’s lack of effort to defend education. They’re victims of this too. We all are.
"Education" is not the solution you people think it is. We need to fundamentally change our culture in order to move in a better direction.
Greed, entitlement, consumerism, apathy; all of these need to stop being so socially acceptable and easily fewer than 2% of the people I come across ever mention it.
True to a certain extent. The education system is trash, but knowledge is out there. There is a lack of curiosity coupled with an in overestimating one's intelligence. Boomers are an excellent example of the narcissistic belief they're always wished while gen Z leans more into the lack of curiosity side.
Don't forget that Gen X skewed their votes for Trump and Millenials were split 50/50. It's a lack of critical thinking skills that lead to emotional and poor decisions all the way down in this shithole country.
True enough.