I've noticed alot of Zoomers doing activism stuff.
Could you elaborate?
Many things on TikTok.
At the age when Millennial boys were fixating on XTREME SPORTS and Millennial girls were fixating on "like, shopping", left wing Zoomers were claiming tickets to Trump's rally
without going to it in order to mess with the campaigns internal numbers.
Lots of Zoomers matched in the George Floyd Protests.
As a millennial, I get the strong sense that we were disenchanted by the "hope and change" of Obama not coming close to fruition. Between Obama's election & the rise of Bernie/Trump, my generation just never cared to follow politics outside of a few choice issues (Namely gay marriage). It's a little better now, but a lot of formative millennial years that could've been spent in the political/activist field were practically wasted. I'm sure the increasingly dour state of the economy & a college tuition played key roles too.
On the contrary. Gen Z feels much more enthused to organize & be outspoken. Whether it's at the Floyd March or for a local campaign, I'm seeing much more 18-21 year olds taking public & leadership initiative. I'm really amazed and a little jealous how much more politically active my younger cohorts have been. 10 years later, my old high school now has a Young Democrats club. I never would've envisioned even 5 of my peers wanting to take time away from lunch to discuss campaigns.
