A generation sidelined by debt, ideology, and stalled adulthood is drifting — but it doesn't have to stay lost if society restores real opportunity, accountability, and purpose.
Really haven't had time to ruminate on it, but this morning in my email feed was first a piece by Sharyl Attkisson on the lost generation, and now this one by Victor Davis Hanson.
I have five grandchildren in that age group, and I keep them in prayer daily.
As a Gen Z man, I appreciate someone getting the word out, but I hate being lumped in with this lazy victimized persona. I married at 22. I want to buy a house. I got a sensible degree in business analytics. I want kids.
For me, the lack of opportunity comes in the form of dishonest job postings and impassible AI resume screeners. It comes in the form of moving to a new city with my wife and being denied employment at Walmart, Trader Joe’s, and Sam’s Club while I try to find my “real job”.
I’m not lost and I still believe in the American Dream, but mostly out of defiance toward DEI and 50 year mortgages. That defiance is the primary cause sentiment to be reconciled for Gen Z men.
This may be old advice but the best thing you can do is make sure you know Jesus Christ as your lord and savior. It won't happen at once, but at some point if you know Him, He will put you just where he wants you.
I'm in my 80th year, and have been walking with the Lord since I was 16. When I look back at my life I can see numerous turning points, some of which were hard to handle but they all worked together to place me where I am today. As I have said many times, I have never had a lot of the things of this world, but I have always had enough. God has been good.
Really haven't had time to ruminate on it, but this morning in my email feed was first a piece by Sharyl Attkisson on the lost generation, and now this one by Victor Davis Hanson.
I have five grandchildren in that age group, and I keep them in prayer daily.
Thank you for your prayers, sir
As a Gen Z man, I appreciate someone getting the word out, but I hate being lumped in with this lazy victimized persona. I married at 22. I want to buy a house. I got a sensible degree in business analytics. I want kids.
For me, the lack of opportunity comes in the form of dishonest job postings and impassible AI resume screeners. It comes in the form of moving to a new city with my wife and being denied employment at Walmart, Trader Joe’s, and Sam’s Club while I try to find my “real job”.
I’m not lost and I still believe in the American Dream, but mostly out of defiance toward DEI and 50 year mortgages. That defiance is the primary cause sentiment to be reconciled for Gen Z men.
Josiah,
I know you don't need to hear it, but there's another recent report about "white millennial men" being deliberately shut out of hiring at yesterday's NotThe Bee. Here's the link: https://notthebee.com/article/report-companies-did-everything-they-could-do-avoid-hiring-white-millennial-men-over-the-last-decade?utm_source=Not+The+Bee+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12172025
This may be old advice but the best thing you can do is make sure you know Jesus Christ as your lord and savior. It won't happen at once, but at some point if you know Him, He will put you just where he wants you.
I'm in my 80th year, and have been walking with the Lord since I was 16. When I look back at my life I can see numerous turning points, some of which were hard to handle but they all worked together to place me where I am today. As I have said many times, I have never had a lot of the things of this world, but I have always had enough. God has been good.
Hang in there.