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'Everything got worse': Gen Z express frustration, regret after Trump vote
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Gen Z will at least change their votes, hopefully.
this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2026
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Nope, they wont
Gen Z won’t vote.
The youth won't vote for the lesser evil, or foe things to stay the same instead of getting worse...
But they absolutely vote for improvement.
Them not voting for Obama the second time, Hillary, Biden, or Kamala doesn't mean they won't vote.
Stop acting like the fucking candidate isn't important, it's lit the most important thing about an election
In 2028 a neoliberal won't get shoved down our throats again, the most recent example of how that works out is 08 Obama. Regardless of how he was in office, the 08 election everyone believed he was going to bring good change.
Like, it's basic fucking psychology/sociology...
25 and under want change, they're wired for it, it's the entire reason change happens. All the way back to "why don't we just throw the pointy stick?"
In 2028 a neoliberal won't get shoved down our throats again
I'll believe that when I see it.
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Who would have thought voting in a pedo con man could make things worse. The majority of the American voters are repulsive.
The majority of the American voters are repulsive.
The majority of American voters didn't vote for trump...
That would mean he got over 50%
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Yeah. Turns out shit get worse when nobody wants to apply critical thinking skills. Weird
lol oh well. These snot noses have decades to live with the vote they made.
I mean, zoomers were around for the first term too, right? Short memory I guess.
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Can you hear the Oompa Loompa chorus?
Oh. You mean voting for something because "it's funny" has consequences? Fuck off. I like so much about Gen Z, but this is one of the things I despise.
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Zoomers have proven they can be just as stupid and gullible as the older generations that have allowed this to happen. I won't hold my breath for them to do the consistently right choice when voting as a block. Best I'd hope for is them to get upset enough to go against their initially wrong choice once in a while if they ever bother to vote again.
