Gen Z Doesn't Trust Anyone

Kids were helicoptered and scared by their parents and communities into thinking there's a predator behind every bush. No wonder.

mrhottakes 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Non-religious Gen Z folks are incredibly wary of their fellow citizens.

Pretty smart reaction given the behavior of many American "Christians" over the past few decades.

JumpCrisscross 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because of clickbait titles that turn “most people” into “anyone?” :P

Tongue in cheek. But I’m not seeing the crisis. Especially for a generation that grew up mostly online (in a world that is increasingly online).

	▲	toomuchtodo 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The United States Has Become a Low-Trust Society — and That Changes Everything - https://kylesaunders.substack.com/p/the-united-states-has-be... - December 28th, 2025 “What matters most is not simply that trust has declined, but that we are learning how to operate inside a low-trust equilibrium. We govern differently. We argue differently. We interpret institutional action differently. And once a society settles into that equilibrium, the downstream consequences compound.” (there is a material cost to a low trust society trajectory, and based on generational cohort turnover and this data, the US is on that trajectory)