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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by aksss on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @03:14PM (#44447682)
Liking unions in the abstract is very different than wanting to be part of one.

Opinions about unions tend to “mature” and become more nuanced with age (after exposure to both as a member and as a manager of union staff), for worse and better.

Adjust expectations for human behavior accordingly.

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by toomuchtodo on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @03:19PM (#44447749)
Demographics had to change and belief systems had to develop for Mamdani to win the NYC primary. Huge turn out, 12 point victory over Cuomo. Democratic socialist policy platform. This is the future as young people remain economically disadvantaged and old folks with their beliefs and wealth to protect age out. Young people aren't going to get more conservative because they don't have something to lose economically as older cohorts might have had.

If workers are not seeing improvements in life over time, why would their viewpoint change? I agree a minority of workers might change their mind when they luck into favorable economic and labor circumstances, but luck will not find the majority, and when it comes to voting, a majority matters.

How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEJ4hkpQW8E

Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjNV6JwlV2s

Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics: Western conservatives are at risk from generations of voters who are no longer moving to the right as they age - https://www.ft.com/content/c361e372-769e-45cd-a063-f5c0a7767... | https://archive.today/lQoLa

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by sokoloff on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @03:22PM (#44447782)
> Young people aren't going to get more conservative because

IOW, “this time is different!” Maybe that will be true this time, but it’s far from a given.

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by toomuchtodo on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @03:25PM (#44447812)
See the Financial Times citation with data backing my assertion. I agree the future is hard to predict, and humans are tricky.

https://d4pgq7fazddwpa.archive.ph/lQoLa/f1886c78af8eb03745a8...

https://careers.augsburg.edu/blog/2024/03/18/gen-z-does-not-...

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/05/14/on-the-...

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Re:Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs by johnnyanmac on Thursday July 03, 2025 @02:16PM (#44457781)
To be fair, this time is literally different. So many social contracts that were built In for boomers and Gen X were never a thing in gen Z.

I don't know if it will be different in a good way, but I doubt in 30 years, Gen Z is going to be telling their kids and grandkids to walk into an office and give a good handshake to the hiring manager. Norms and etiquette have completely shifted.

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