12-22-2023, 06:08 PM
Whatever your view on the NYT, their podcast is often a very intriguing listen. I keep it as a part of my regular listening and today's episode was especially poignant for this discussion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/podcasts/the-daily/biden-israel-us.html
They discussed the view of the people here towards Israel and the current conflict. They have some recent polling that shows the trends and they discuss what seems to be driving the decline in support for Israel that we are seeing among the young(er) people in the country. They talk about a linear trend of declining support based on age. The tl;dr version is:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/podcasts/the-daily/biden-israel-us.html
They discussed the view of the people here towards Israel and the current conflict. They have some recent polling that shows the trends and they discuss what seems to be driving the decline in support for Israel that we are seeing among the young(er) people in the country. They talk about a linear trend of declining support based on age. The tl;dr version is:
- Silent Generation - Saw the Holocaust happen and/or knew people directly impacted
- Baby Boomers - Saw Israel struggle to survive and be the "little country that could"
- Gen X - Saw Israel take part in a peace process aimed at a two-state solution
- Millennials - Saw the rise of Netanyahu and the right-wing government in Israel that has been a world power and completely against the idea of a two-state solution while also coming of age during the GWOT and questioning the value of American interventionist policies in the region
- Gen Z - Has seen nothing but Israel acting more in the bully capacity rather than as a victim
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
