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.

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
    87·
    8 days ago

    I’m not young anymore but I would say that I’ll never forgive my parents for their blind support of this shit.

    The same people who have the nerve to tell you (fakely) they’re proud of you and think you’re really smart. But somehow I’m wrong about every single thing I’ve told them about trump for 9 years now

    • ATDA@lemmy.world
      34·
      8 days ago

      Same. It’s like you give them a situation, a fact, and how it applies. You ask for understanding and it’s " maaaa maaaa MAGA! SHE TURNED BLACK SHE SLEPT HER WAY TO THE TOP"

      But yeah, MY sources are wrong, and biased.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        14·
        8 days ago

        Right. I think my dad especially has the attitude that it’s a) not really important enough to talk about and b) he gave up on the concept of him being wrong decades ago. He just couldn’t be, so yes my sources are obviously all wrong. Any implication that he is wrong is unacceptable to his fragile ego. So fucking weak.

    • EvilBit@lemmy.world
      61·
      8 days ago

      Wait, your shitty, morally decrepit parents told you they were proud of you?

      I only got the shitty, morally decrepit part and didn’t get the supportive part. Mine just wanted me to be their clone.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 days ago

        I mean same here. Just because every couple years they pretend to be proud for a moment doesn’t mean I ever believed them.

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
            4·
            8 days ago

            I guess. Or maybe their parents literally never told them, so they think just saying it very occasionally is a great parenting move, despite never backing it with any action or attitude