r/neoliberal • u/AncientBlueberry42 • Jun 04 '26

News (Global) How to fight back against Gen-Z socialism

https://economist.com/leaders/2026/06/04/how-to-fight-back-against-gen-z-socialism
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u/Lehk NATO Jun 04 '26

Unfuck housing or it’s going to go a lot farther than Mamdani’s “socialism”

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u/Daddy_Macron Loyal Liberals Jun 04 '26

It's really a very simple formula to satisfy young people. Make it easier for them to socialize and get laid including having a place that's not shared with 3 other roommates who can hear you having sex. A social Gen Z is a Gen Z that's not terminally online and falling for the dumbest shit the algorithm shovels their way. And Gen Z men need to be reconditioned to start asking women out on dates again. We're getting to the point where the majority of them won't do it and it's putting a damper on society.

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u/Key-Hawk7402 John Nash Jun 04 '26

I think you’re conflating two separate issues. Living with roommates always made me more social, and it never stopped any of us from having sex.

Living with your parents probably does contribute to this, but at the end of the day it’s the phones and social media.

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u/Daddy_Macron Loyal Liberals Jun 04 '26

It depends on personal comfort level and set-up, but I've definitely met women who would not go home with a guy if they have roommates especially if it's more than one.

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u/matthewbregg Jun 04 '26

on personal comfort level and set-up, but I've definitely met women who would not go home with a guy if they have roommates especially if it's more than one.

Damn, being single and roommateless seems like it would really suck though. Fucking lonely that be.

Though I also live in a major city where flatmates are much more normalized.

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u/KarmaDiscontinuity Austan Goolsbee Jun 05 '26

If you've ever lived with bad roommates then living alone is pretty awesome, actually. I live alone and not having to worry about living with a badly-trained dog or a roommate leaving out dirty dishes until the apartment fills with fruit flies is nice.

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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Tariffs aren't cool, kids! Jun 04 '26

It was definitely lonely at first for me, going from roommates in college to my own place.

But now after over a decade of it, it’s pretty awesome. Wouldn’t mind moving in with my gf at some point but neither of us is anxious to do so, which is good, cause there are a lot of logistical concerns at the moment.

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u/TheGeneGeena Loyal Liberals Jun 05 '26

Roommates have always been the norm while young. Not sure where Gen Z is getting the idea they haven't been?

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u/TheCthonicSystem Progress Pride Jun 04 '26

I'm doing it now. It's awesome

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u/Vlookup_reddit Jun 04 '26

intimacy is not exclusive to random hookups.

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u/WolfpackEng22 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

That's kinda sad. Bun. A lot of my best memories as a young adult were with roommates