Why Gen Z Is Drifting Toward Authoritarianism w/ Aidan Grogan || 1818

Episode notes

40% of Gen Z wants a strong leader who can skip the legislature and the courts. A quarter say they do not really care about the Constitution. Josh Martens talks with Aidan Grogan of City Journal and Young Voices about his Civitas Outlook piece on Gen Z, liberty, and the pull toward strongman politics.

Grogan says Zoomers on the socialist left and the groyper right share a habit: burn the old rules, then let somebody impose the new ones. Key beats: 39% of Gen Z say political violence is at least sometimes justified. Nick Fuentes says he is not a small-government conservative and talks up a Caesar-like figure.

Housing costs, COVID-era lies, and a Social Security system headed toward insolvency in 2033 make "just get it done" sound better than property rights and constitutional limits. This is a Gen Z politics interview about democratic socialism, groypers, institutional trust, and why older voters look like a gerontocracy to people paying 12% into a program they do not expect to collect. Grogan's close is blunt.

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Aidan's article: https://www.civitasoutlook.com/research/gen-z-must-not-take-liberty-for-granted https://x.com/AidanGrogan https://www.joinyv.org/talent/aidan-grogan 00:00 Aidan Grogan on Gen Z and Liberty 00:03:30 40% Want a Strongman 00:05:00 COVID, Lies, and Instant Information 00:06:45 Why Institutions Lost Gen Z 00:12:00 Echo Chambers and Political Violence 00:14:15 Why Zoomers Flirt With Socialism 00:17:15 Groypers, Identity, and Big Government 00:21:30 Is This Just Immaturity?

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