Appreciate it- I'm neither defending nor admonishing the argument but will say that if we're being fair, that argument has been going on for at least centuries with every passing generation (I'll spare you looking up old news article to support that stance since it's getting late and I'm getting tired).
That said though- I do think that the world is changing (for better or worse, dealer's choice) at a rate that has never been seen before in human history. To bring it down to a slightly lower level, I also think that our economy/lifestyle/perspective even nationally has largely changed at an unprecedented rate. But the USA is BIG, and there's still areas that have been insulated from some of this economic shift- not to single anyone out in particular but just to mention one industry that I have some familiarity with- coal mining towns.
I could never understand how broad the experiences of participants here encompass, but I'd have to say that a percentage represent these areas that were more so insulated/shielded (you take your pick on what term you prefer) and their opinion wouldn't be wrong either.
But from a higher level/macro level just speaking nationally, our country has been a snowball since we started shifting from a manufacturing powerhouse to more of a service focus (not arguing that's either right or wrong either but I feel like we haven't reaped what was sold at the time) since maybe... if I had to put a finger on it at least, the 60's? If you'll agree with that, there's a whole lot of generational churn (none of which is because of "Gen Z") with Vietnam, Civil Rights, Women's Suffrage/Entrance in the workforce/Birth-control/ etc.
The world has changed, and it's not Gen Z's fault, they grew up in a different world than the proverbial "silent generation", "baby boomers", "Gen X" (woot woot! but they don't care), "Milenials" etc. These generational terms, in my opinion, have existed for centuries and only serve to divide otherwise cohesive societies and shift their focus away from the inevitable changing in the world/society.
-LD
didn’t think we were arguing at all.
