I think the reasons why so many of us gen z are practically frothing at the mouth to fight politicians and other things is because:
A. We aren't really afraid to die. We grew up being bombarded with statistics along the lines of "by 2050 all forests will cease to exist" and "the oceans are going to have a worldwide ecological collapse in the coming years" that we just we kinda accepted it and collectively lost hope?? Like, I realised that I truly, subconsciously believed that the world would end in my lifetime and I just? Didn't care?? And all of my friends think the same way??
B. Most of us grew up seeing our parents being depressed and divorcing and we couldn't accept that as our future too. We have unlimited access to an unlimited source of information and everyday we are bombarded by a hundred different sources of horrible news that either fuels are anger, turns it into apathy, or both. We need something to take that anger on.
We are not old enough to change this system that makes us so angry through politics and career choices, so we do what we can through the technology that we've had access to our entire lives. That is why we want to fight. Because we are desperately clinging to the hope that we can change things for the better and fix this planet the way everyone expects us to.
i don’t know if this is just me but.. seeing clips of noah schnapp in stranger things playing a gay high schooler struggling with his sexuality actually hurts so much more now.
we all watched who we thought was the straightest boy ever play the character of a gay teenager so well, not knowing that behind the whole “i’m inlove with zendaya” persona was his own form of hiding his sexuality and feeling insecure.
idk but i’m in my feels and i hope this makes sense???