[EnderWiggin1970]

If it is true that Gen Z is oriented towards collectivism/large government, it is both understandable and incredibly ironic. Understandable, because they are heavily brainwashed like generations before them in the core tenet of leftism: That a powerful centralized government is the Solution to All Life's Problems. When people are trained to default to that assumption whenever confronted with a problem, a large government becomes inevitable.

But it is ironic, because Gen Z has been sold down the river into debt slavery by prior generations overspending, government waste and fraud. Not to mention the welfare, social security and medicare burdens they will stagger under. They ought to be the most hostile to reliance on government because that's the mindset that will place a crushing financial and spiritual burden on them their entire lives.

[ProgressingAmerica]

"But it is ironic, because Gen Z has been sold down the river into debt slavery by prior generations overspending, government waste and fraud."

I agree. Gen Z wants the arsonist to be the firefighter. It reminds me of the old adage, and this describes those in Gen Z who embrace big government perfectly: