It could be. If we can elect enough progressives. There is appetite for it.

Gen Z grew up fully inside the panopticon, with every interaction measured and optimized for advertisers. I think the ones that wake up and look around are pissed.

Make no mistake, there is a possible future where enough progressives get power to reform the supreme court, and if that ever happens there will be a reckoning.

▲ loeg 21 hours ago | parent [-]

(Gen Z is more conservative than Millennials.)

▲ solid_fuel 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Per Gallup in 2026:

    Political Affiliation                 Republican    Independent    Democrat
    Generation Z (born 1997-2007)         17%           56%            27%
    Millennials (born 1981-1996)          21%           54%            24%
    Generation X (born 1965-1980)         31%           42%            25%
    Baby boomers (born 1946-1964)         34%           33%            32%
    Silent Generation (born before 1946)  37%           30%            32%

https://news.gallup.com/poll/700499/new-high-identify-politi...

Gen Z is more likely to identify as Independent, less likely to identify as Republican. That's not more conservative, unless you have another poll you're citing?

(Gen Z is not more conservative than Millenials.)

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loeg 21 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm seeing 28% Conservative for gen z and 24% for millennials. (And 21% Republican identifying in both groups.) https://prri.org/research/generation-zs-views-on-generationa...

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solid_fuel 21 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't think that page really backs the argument you are making. The full bullet point seems to be:

> With the exception of millennials (24%), Gen Z adults (28%) are notably less likely than other generational cohorts to identify as conservative. And Gen Z adults (43%) identify as liberal at a higher rate than other generations. A plurality of Gen Z teens (44%) identify as moderate.

Even if slightly more Gen Z adults identify as conservative - 28% vs 24% - it's outweighed on the other side where 43% of Gen Z adults identify as liberal vs 39% of millenials. That still sounds like "Gen Z is more liberal than Millenials" even if the polarization is higher and more independents have grouped themselves into either firmly conservative or firmly liberal.

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loeg 20 hours ago | parent [-]

I guess what I'm getting at is that a Progressive slate that is unpopular with the older electorate isn't going to magically win as Gen Z reaches voting age.

	▲	solid_fuel 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well I don't disagree there - if it happens it will be hard work, not magic. The point I am trying to make is that reform is both possible and - I think - conditions are continuing to build towards an inflection point. Over the next decade the oldest and most conservative voting cohorts are likely to die out, just as a younger and comparatively quite liberal cohort is entering adulthood. This is happening right in the middle of a terribly unpopular war with Iran that is driving up oil costs, combined with inflation and a lot of domestic terror and unrest. If anything, the Trump administration has shown voters what is possible when you get a leader who is ready to throw out decorum and tradition and thumb their nose at the courts. Young progressives see that and want it for themselves - after all, if Elon Musk can come in and gut half the federal government, seemingly dodging all the existing laws and consequences, why can't some liberal firebrand come in and do the same to the military industrial complex, or the social media companies that experimented on teenagers and intentionally gave a generation eating and self-esteem disorders? ---- Anecdotally, have you been to a local farmer/maker market recently? I'm sure it's regional but here it's not uncommon to see booths selling screen-printed shirts with portraits of Luigi Mangione. People are angry.

▲ VCFundedGenYer 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Please provide data for your claim.