Does Gen Z have a more "French" view of political philosophy?

[If my soul was made of stone]

I think the main thing to consider about "Generation Z" is that for the most part they are teenagers or early 20s. And teenagers going through a rebellious phase, trying to stake out an identity and being very earnest about this is something that basically every generation of teenagers goes through.

Of course there are details that are passed on by the very politicised and social media centric era that they grow up in. But on the whole, they're young people being young people like young people always have been. And getting grouchy and cynical about the things that young activists believe in isn't an interesting or new or original outlook. It's just being the same out of touch, grouchy, small c conservative that every previous generation has also always ended up being.

But the thing is they're not being rebellious. They seem to be significantly more prudish than we Millennials are and certainly were at their age. Look at how much we drank and partied and rebelled in comparison to them. Also is still wearing masks in public and refusing to go to parties or concerts or public gatherings rebellious? I guess maybe in a sense but it's a completely different sense than we're use to.

Your commitment to the unbearable lightness of being an expired drunken sophomoric collegiate bro long past the time to hang that hat up is almost perversely admirable in the tragedy of its attempts to stave off midlife crisis. But plenty of Zoomers still join frats and partake in all of the drunken sex offenses that they were made to justify and protect, so you're really just projecting.