It’s not a crazy idea to group people born around a certain year range together. There’s a lot of shared experiences and often similar outlooks. The boundaries between these groups are a little stupid though.
It’s also a useful tool to understand how global events affect people in different parts of life. Often quoted is a gen z divide that is missing in other generations. I think this was caused because of when covid hit during their lives. A difference of a couple years made a big difference where the younger half leaned hard right and the older half leaned left.
Gen Z is also more receptive of Socialism
Its how Mamdani won
It’s almost like an entire generation isn’t just one person. Maybe “generations” is just another made up thing used to divide people?
It’s not a crazy idea to group people born around a certain year range together. There’s a lot of shared experiences and often similar outlooks. The boundaries between these groups are a little stupid though.
It’s also a useful tool to understand how global events affect people in different parts of life. Often quoted is a gen z divide that is missing in other generations. I think this was caused because of when covid hit during their lives. A difference of a couple years made a big difference where the younger half leaned hard right and the older half leaned left.