. Every bit of evidence I see tells me Gen Z does not embrace limited government. Gen Z are overwhelmingly government oriented.
Tell the Coming Generation
Psa 78:1 A psalm of Asaph. O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying,
Psa 78:2 for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
Psa 78:3 stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.
Psa 78:4 We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the LORD, about His power and His mighty wonders.
I'm all ears for new ideas which have any sort of mass effect and are not crucially expensive.
Ideas that I can accomplish in life or behind my keyboard. That I can actually, personally do. Not just "somebody should do something" nebulous proclamations.
It takes some patience but I can reach a mass audience with my public domain audio books. I have no other ideas.
What’s really happening is disillusion.
People 35 and under (and over…) saw a chance to recapture America in 2015, and then in 2024. They hoped Trump would return focus to America, stop forever wars, and protect life, liberty and property. A sliver of this was limited govt.
The promise of change and improvement accompanying the escalator trip in 2015 has been replaced with “same as the old boss.” This escapade in Iran has shot any prospect of limited government that accompanies a focus on domestic issues to smithereens.
The other driving factor behind disillusionment is the advent of the other TDS - Trump Devotion Syndrome. Any dissent from “Iran is THE biggest problem and we gotta bomb ‘em” or saying that Kash Patel is a mediocre FBI head, or even hinting that Hegseth is a dope for reciting the Gospel According to Tarantino stirs up the flip side of the leftist TDS coin. Heck, suggesting that maybe $200bn could be NOT borrowed and spent on Iran makes you a pariah.
The left plays the long game better. They build generations of leftists around spending other people’s money on “feel good” pork.
We had a chance with the Tea Party and Trump to usher in a limited government return to normalcy; it’ll be gone if this isn’t turned abound asap.