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Title: Poll: Younger Americans much less likely to say that patriotism, religion, and having children are "very important"
Source:
HotAir
URL Source: https://hotair.com/archives/allahpu ... m-religion-children-important/
Published: Aug 26, 2019
Author: Allahpundit
Post Date: 2019-08-27 17:38:54 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 1665
Comments: 19
Of course patriotism is important! I’m wondering, though, how angry we should be at a generation whose lives were wrecked by the Great Recession (and will be even more wrecked by the next recession) and whose future was mortgaged so that the country could pretend for a little while longer that it can afford entitlement programs for senior citizens. Like, there’s probably *some* blame to be placed for the civic alienation of young adults on the garbage generation we call Baby Boomers, no? The WSJ didn’t provide partisan splits on each question, but if you suspect that young Democrats are driving this collapse in basic American values, you’re correct: “In fact, the views of Democrats over age 50 were more in line with those of younger Republicans than with younger members of their own party.” Call it the AOC-ization of the Democratic Party. Thanks to the drift among progressives, the overall share of the public that says each of the values listed above is “very important” has declined significantly since 1998. As a society, we’re now nine points less likely to say patriotism is very important, 12 points less likely to say that religion is, and 16 points(!) less likely to say that having children is. The last of those is actually under 50 percent, in fact, with just 43 percent finding it “very important” to have children. If forced to choose between children and time on one’s smartphone, the choice is clear. Just one wrinkle. How much can we trust the age groupings in this poll? Putting the Silent Generation and the Boomers together doesn’t fully compute. Older members of the Silent Generation lived through World War II; Boomers were born after the war and have Vietnam as their most vivid military memory. You’re probably going to see some differences on patriotism between those groups. Likewise for the pairing of millennials and Generation Z. The former remember 9/11 and the Iraq war; the latter remember … I don’t know what. The financial crisis, maybe? Certainly the dawning of the Trump era. I’d be curious to know if there are any differences within these broad demographic pairings on basic values questions given their life experiences. Poster Comment: Article from HotAir, stole the graphic from Twitter. Given what has already been allowed to happen to them financially and what will happen when the next recession hits, this poll outcome is exactly what we should expect.
What a horrifying result. 
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#13. To: Tooconservative (#0)
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The Christian polling group Barna has been polling Gen Z and Gen Millennial for years. They just came out with the summary of their findings over the past few years. Very similar poll results from what you posted: What Will It Take to Disciple the Next Generation? Here's one of a few charts:
Well, the poll is from young people whose goals can change very rapidly over the course of a year or so. So it probably isn't quite as dire as your poll results suggest. But your poll supports the other polling in the article. This is not a good picture for the younger generation or for the future of America, no matter how you try to slice the numbers.
The millennial data was telling. They want financial security before finishing their education and getting a job. You can't make this stuff up. I guess they are waiting for their Boomer parents to kick the bucket to become financially secure.
#17. To: redleghunter (#16)
Some of this reminds me a lot of the housing crisis in Italy and how it affects young people's entire lives. Some of the Italians are living in their childhood bedrooms until they're 35-40 so they can inherit the family home because housing is so expensive and unaffordable in so many places in Italy. We don't want that here. Other elements of the reporting reminds me of the "lost generation" in Japan. People packed into very tiny "apartments" (no bigger than an old Pullman berth for one person) for years on end, the impossibility of people in that situation to be considered marriageable, the difficulty in having anything of a social more than a little karaoke at the local bar or some online video games. These are outcomes America must avoid.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestArticle from HotAir, stole the graphic from Twitter. Given what has already been allowed to happen to them financially and what will happen when the next recession hits, this poll outcome is exactly what we should expect.
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#16. To: Tooconservative (#15)
Replies to Comment # 16. I guess they are waiting for their Boomer parents to kick the bucket to become financially secure.
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