Re:Gen Z's financial angst underlies shift to the right
by toomuchtodo on Saturday December 07, 2024 @09:21PM
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I believe it’s more likely social media is supercharging FOMO and the facade vs historical cultural references.
> “What we found was a really strong connection between feeling badly about your money situation and how much time you spend on social media,” Isabel Barrow, director of financial planning at Edelman Financial Engines, told CNBC.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/social-media-reason-millennia...
Re:Gen Z's financial angst underlies shift to the right
by alephnerd on Saturday December 07, 2024 @09:22PM
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Social Media plays a role, but it isn't that significant. For example, alot of the "tradmom" kinda stuff is relatively niche among my age peers despite it being used as an example of our generation becoming more right leaning.
Re:Gen Z's financial angst underlies shift to the right
by mthoms on Saturday December 07, 2024 @09:58PM
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I’m surprised someone would attempt to explain the content Generation Z consumes and not even mention social media. Incredible.
Re:Gen Z's financial angst underlies shift to the right
by bmitc on Saturday December 07, 2024 @09:23PM
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I don't think that's entirely true for Gen Z because of social media. Gen Z seems to mostly consume content generated by their own generation. You have all these Gen Z influencers who have no real experience teaching other Gen Zers. Even for topics like music or technology and other "intelligent" areas, influencers never seem to be middle aged or older. They're all under 30 it seems.
> But millennials faced these same challenges
In my experience, each generation consumes content produced by members of the previous generation
Gen Z tends to consume Millenial and Gen X produced media. This is why Millenial and Gen X coded shows like 30 Rock, Community, Parks and Rec, The Office, and others had such staying power with our generation.
In Millenial and Gen X media, there are often jokes about Boomers (as in actual baby boomers born in the 40s and 50s) being able to get a job without a degree and afford a house.
What this means is a lot of us Gen Zs have an unrealistic expectation of society, as if the world 60-70 years ago was the status quo until recently but our parents (who are GenX or Millennials) would have never lived in that kind of world.
Gen Zs are not going to enter the writer's room until 20 years from now, and then we'll provide a similarly warped view to kiddos.