Young People Are Struggling to Deal With Their MAGA Parents — Again
www.teenvogue.com
"It’s very hard to view the world fundamentally differently from the person that raised you.”

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.

  • lath@lemmy.world
    47·
    3 days ago

    The toxicity won’t disappear on its own. It has to be cleaned up.

      • lath@lemmy.world
        27·
        3 days ago

        Yes, we’re seeing it live. Most people here don’t seem very much pleased with how time decided to deal with it though.

              • lath@lemmy.world
                23·
                3 days ago

                And either you’re expecting the people you hate to die first or for yourself to die before them. Neither of those cases actually solves the problem, so your choice is quite pointless. All you’re doing is passing on the torch to the next generation and thus maintaining the cycle of ruination.

                  • lath@lemmy.world
                    21·
                    3 days ago

                    Not really. Lots of people here excommunicated toxic people out of their lives and yet those toxic people still voted for the wrong ideas. And according to the numbers thrown around, the ideology hasn’t died out by way of excommunication.

                    All excommunication managed to do is create a 2 party system based on hating the other side. And a complete excommunication would mean the end of the United States and the beginning of the Opposing States or something like that.

                  • lath@lemmy.world
                    23·
                    3 days ago

                    Time has a way of dealing with that

                    I’m referring to people with horrible views dying.

                    You’re right. I have no idea what you’re on about.

    • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      11·
      3 days ago

      Socially ostracizing them is dealing with it. People aren’t sticking their heads in the sand here. They’re telling these people that their actions have consequences, and one of those consequences is exile. Cutting people out of your life is just one part of dealing with these people.