askchapo

Hot take here: Yes, but not due to generational affiliation but because Americans are generally reactionary.

Boomers were mostly reactionary, Gen X were mostly reactionary, Millenials were mostly reactionary, and Gen Z are mostly reactionary. It doesn't have to do with generations as such though so we shouldn't get into this generational warfare stuff. There were and are pockets in every generation of radicalism but not enough to claim the entire generation. Maybe younger people, and women in particular, care enough about certain issues to be considered progressive on those social problems, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're ML communists and are following a revolutionary line. More than likely most could still be recuperated by reactionary forces, which includes libs, under the right conditions. This is just a fact of life living in the imperial core. It won't last forever but they still grew up and developed under it. It would take generations of intentional political education to have a generation that wouldn't be reactionary, according to Lenin himself.