We have debt because the people wanted entitlements. Gen Z also wants entitlements. They're just mad that the pot was emptied out by previous generations.
That we believe in personal freedom.
Gen Z hates free speech.
That we support real opportunity.
Gen Z wants guaranteed participation rewards and payments.
As pointed out up thread, half of Gen Z is under 20 years old. The generation is not lost and can “wise up” if they are approached the right way. But I consistently see people on this board basically say (about teenagers!) “Your generation sucks, you are lazy, you are woke, you are snowflakes, you will never amount to anything.”
These are kids — half of them anyway. They were 11 or younger when Obama was elected. They have known Obama and Biden and that’s it — with the exception of 4 years of Trump in which the media constantly told them that he was literally Hitler and was ruining American with his stupid patriotism.
The deck has been stacked against these young people. They are still very young. They are growing up in a very screwed up world. Dismissing them out of hand is just a lost opportunity.