Generation Z's Rightward Drift Blaming “kids these days” for society’s shift towards social progressivism and libertinism is common within conservative circles. The right loves to reminisce about how previous generations walked uphill both ways to school and romanticize the values with which they grew up. I mean, they did have “Little House on the Prairie” while kids these days just spend all their time on smartphones, right? But is this criticism really fair? Younger generations are actually embracing traditional conservative values more than people realize. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/generation-zs-rightward-drift/