Summary
With Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, young Gen Z voters like Kate, Holly, and Rachel are grappling with deepening divides with their Trump-supporting parents.
For many, these conflicts go beyond policy disagreements, touching on core values and morality. Parents once focused on fiscal conservatism have, in some cases, embraced conspiracy theories, creating painful rifts.
Studies suggest political divisions are increasingly seen as moral judgments, fostering a “mega-identity” where political views signify personal decency.
For these young adults, maintaining family connections amidst such ideological fractures has become challenging.
What about parents dealing with their maga kids?
That’s an uncomfortable yet valid question. A significant portion of Gen Z kids were exposed to the MAGA shit through Rogan or Tate. I’m not a parent, but I’d put some serious thought into limiting their inheritance on the down low.
I think trying to avoid your own children is self-defeating. If your kids are falling for this shit, it’s ultimately your fault as the parent, and it’s your responsibility to pull them back out of it.
I’m a parent. To me it’s the same either way. Open dialogue and understanding. You can’t shake hands with a closed fist.
Luckily my parents and kids are not insane so haven’t had to deal much with this but as an example when Andrew Tate came up in discussion with my kids I explained how he’s a disgusting human being and how to judge people through a multitude of criteria such as who is promoting them, what are their interests, who are associated with them, what do they represent, etc.
As a general rule assholes tend to support asshole ideas and surround themselves with other assholes.
Limit it? they want to try lifting themselves by their own bootstraps they can. Give it to a decent charity or someone more worthy.
The idea is to deliberately give them a small amount of money so they won’t dispute the inheritance by saying they were overlooked.
Put them in the will as getting nothing, ain’t no “overlooking” problem then. Can talk with lawyers while planning.
Well, whatever’s left after the landlords and care homes take their cut.