Gen Z journalist explains why so many leftist activists are young people

Ever wonder why so many radical leftist activists fall within Gen Z?

According to NY-based journalist Ashley St. Clair, who’s 25 years old and thus a Zoomer herself, it’s because “so much of Gen Z feels out of control” and “like they don't have anything to control.”

“So it seems like they cling to these movements, like Free Palestine and BLM, because they feel like it's something they can control and do because there's so little impact they can have on so many different things,” Ashley tells Dave Rubin.

“They’re not empowered. … They're told the only way they can be useful is through these social justice causes, and so I think that's why they gravitate towards [activism] more.”

This may also explain why so many young people are opting not to have children.

“I did street interviews with EveryLife, the diaper company,” she continues, and “one [girl] outright told me she didn't want to have kids … because of climate change.”

Others told her that they were choosing not to have children “because of economics.”

“They think the worst thing that could happen to a kid is being poor in America,” Ashley says, adding that “it's just such an antinatalist lie that's been sold to them.”

“They are so dreadful about the future” and believe “humanity is so doomed that they don’t think there should be more of it.”

“Do you think it's worse in a way for girls than for guys right now?” asks Dave.

“It depends on what your metric for success is,” says Ashley, “but I think both young men and women are particularly disturbed nowadays,” especially when it comes to “identity.”

“So many people have no sense of identity; they don’t know who they are because [the left] has destroyed that” via gender ideology.

“We're fundamentally destroying what it means to be both a man and a woman.”

On top of that, Gen Z'ers are the most chronically depressed and anxious generation. While there are likely many factors that feed this issue, one reason is because their highly digital world is forcing them to take in “inputs all the time” and “perform all of the time for everybody,” Ashley says.

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