A while ago someone asked me how to appeal to young people, so I thought up some answers that might help.
I'm gonna be honest, no one I know under the age of 20 has a high opinion of the GOP or the conservative ecosystem in general. It's hard to get anyone my age interested in politics as it is but being vaguely liberal is definitely the default position.
Here's what I think should change:
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No more bootstrapping. Young people aren't proud of the fact that they might have to work hard every day doing something they hate just to survive. Gen-Z generally sees productivity in a negative light, because the general vibe it gives is that of being stressed, rushed, and forced to do something that feels completely unnatural. I think a lot of zoomers turn to socialism because they hate how much of their lives are dominated by economic considerations. Everything from picking a major in college to choosing where to live to choosing whether or not to have a family is downstream from the pressure to compete in an economy and stay financially afloat. Everyone hates this.
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No more Cold War / War on Terrorism rhetoric. We were born after 9/11 and every example we've seen of going to war or doing regime change is seen as a total disaster. We don't care about "defending our allies" or "making America strong in the world" or anything like that. Our lives are being decided here in this country, not in Ukraine or China or Israel. The best Zoomer-friendly foreign policy position is trying to make friends with everyone and making compromises to achieve that.
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Being an "institutionalist" in this century is completely out of step with the times. Young people want revolution. We want to take part in a new era of history that's completely different from the shitty world we're experiencing now. Something great and exciting, not just a return to legal precedent or the founding fathers. Pretty much everyone I know thinks the Constitution is either outdated or something that should be interpreted very loosely. The few Trump supporters and Young Republicans I know are more interested in handing power over to an inspiring leader like Trump who will use his judgment instead of going by a pretty limited historical document.
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This is a smaller one, but politician speak really needs to die. "When we do this, they do that." Talking about the kitchen table or "everyday Americans." The cringe turn of phrases and canned lines written by someone who has obviously never had a real conversation before. Basically don't be Ron DeSantis or Tim Scott lol. The president we grew up under was Trump, not Ronald Reagan. Talking about Reagan or trying to sound like him is like trying to make Calvin Coolidge a big thing in the 80s. It doesn't make sense for this generation.
I'll try to think of more soon.
Here’s the thing. Patriots are working their a$$es off fighting for our country. The majority of us have full time jobs (and many of us don’t like them, but we do them because we’re responsible, contributing members of society), and work an additional 30-50 hours per week attending meetings, protesting, researching, holding our reps feet to the fire and other similarly distasteful things all for the good of humanity. We are EXHAUSTED!
The last thing I, as a Patriot, need to hear right now is that we need to change to get a group of kids that really doesn’t give a shit about humanity (based on my question/answer session with you a few weeks back) involved. If y’all don’t care, you just don’t care. Simple as that. There will be no participation ribbons awarded at the end of this battle. There won’t be anything but the satisfaction of knowing that we did our part to save humanity. If that’s not good enough, move along.
Sorry I’m being so direct, but your diatribe sounds like asking to be begged to give a crap about humanity. You either do or you don’t.
I appreciate the directness lol. This post was mainly about directional changes that probably need to happen if the left isn't going to have total control in 20 years. It's not so much about what has to happen right now but more of trends that will become more and more important over time.
Fuck you and your trends.
Life's hard enough without little ingrates trying to dictate.
Freedom is rough and ugly and hard.
Curl into an assball and cry about it, but your tone is all wrong.
The leftist policies made them weak while brainwashing them into blaming the right so your strategy is to coddle them even more?
While I can't condone the "FU" comment I do concur with the rest of the sentiments replied to here. Politics are downstream culture, and culture is downstream faith. You're seeing a spiritual issue, not a politics/work ethic issue. Of course no one wants to work hard for 60 years - not when you're completely divorced from a system of ethics, particularly that which the Bible teaches.
If you're not a Christian you're likely already disregarding this, and if you are, hopefully you realize this - at least subconsciously. You can't become more liberal in order to appeal to liberals in hopes of moving them towards conservatism. It will never ever work. This is why we have lost the cultural battles over the last 40 years.