WHY WOKE RIGHT IS WINNING GEN Z

Older generations need to understand something uncomfortable: America’s youngest adults are not only trending in a new political direction — they’re doing so for reasons that most people over 30 haven’t even begun to diagnose. And if we don’t figure out why this is happening, we will not be able to offer any solution. The next generation will pay the price.

In my humble opinion this article is relevant to Australian Gen Z, probably Gen Z in the UK, and many Gen Z in Europe as well.

The article isn’t a justification for Gen Z’s political trajectory, nor is it an endorsement. Think of it as reconnaissance. This is a trip into the mindset of a generation that feels betrayed — and into the ideologues who have successfully captured that frustration and weaponized it. The enemy isn’t Gen Z. The enemy is the movement that has taken advantage of them.

This isn’t an exhaustive list of every factor, but these are the major ones driving the rise of the so-called “woke right.”

First, where is Gen Z actually going?

On the surface, Gen Z looks like it’s drifting “right.” Polling suggests they’re more skeptical of progressive nonsense than Millennials were at their age (particularly young men). Online, they share Bible verses, post Crusader memes, and roast Left-wing ideas with the confidence of people twice their age.

But don’t confuse right-wing aesthetic with conservatism.

And don’t confuse Christian branding with Christian belief.

For many, “Christian” and “right-wing” have become the new version of counterculture rebellion — the same way sex, drugs, and rock & roll defined the 1960s. This is Christianity as attitude, not faith. A thin veneer of religiosity, not repentance. A “screw you” to the system, not submission to Christ.

That’s why you see far more enthusiasm for medieval Crusader imagery, “Bronze Age” masculinity, and authoritarian strongmen like Franco — and even, disturbingly, Hitler — than for evangelism, missions, family, marriage, or serving the lost. Christianity is a tool. Conservatism is a costume.

And now many are abandoning even the word “conservative,” opting for labels like “post-liberal,” “monarchist,” or outright “fascist.”

So no, Gen Z isn’t becoming more conservative. They’re becoming more reactionary, more aesthetic-driven, and more radical.

The question is: Why?

Why Gen Z is heading this direction. Deep political failure and economic pain

Gen Z believes — accurately — that the political class has failed them. They’ve grown up in an era marked by:

  • Skyrocketing inflation.
  • Crushing national debt
  • Wages that can’t compete with housing prices.
  • Student loans that feel like lifetime shackles.
  • Corruption and insider enrichment in both parties.
  • Broken schools and ideological indoctrination.
  • Pharmaceutical scandals.
  • Gas, food, and healthcare costs that rise faster than paychecks.

And while all this unfolds, what do they see? Congress happily voting to send billions overseas while Americans can’t buy a starter home. They see veterans homeless on the streets while millions of illegal migrants are welcomed into cities with little demand to assimilate, and with an undeniable share committing violent crimes. They see crime increasing, prosecutors refusing to prosecute, and cities decaying. Their frustrations aren’t imagined. They’re lived realities. And Republicans — especially the “old guard” — have offered little more than sternly worded letters and fundraising emails.

Gen Z feels abandoned. Resentment fills the vacuum.

2. Censorship and information control

Every major platform — Meta, YouTube, Twitter (before Musk), TikTok — has censored legitimate information. COVID policies. Transgender ideology. BLM. Election debates. Border statistics. The message to Gen Z was loud and clear: You will not be allowed to speak the truth. Isaiah’s ancient warning suddenly felt prophetic: “Truth has stumbled in the public square.” When truth gets outlawed, radicals flourish. Because radicals promise what institutions no longer provide: unfiltered speech and an outlet for anger.

3. A Generation that feels unheard and unprotected

Gen Z, especially young men, feel like their future has been stolen. Women are trending further left than ever and are being ushered into institutions. Young men, meanwhile, are being pushed out — academically, economically, and culturally. Even dating is becoming an impossible burden for young men in the wake of this newfound normal. Everything they see older generations enjoying en masse seems unattainable. 

The result? A desire not for reform, but for revolution.

And into this chaos walk the agitators: Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, Mamdani (a leftwing mirror image of what Fuentes represents on the right), and others who offer a simple scapegoat for complicated problems.

They tell young men: “It’s the Jews.” “Everything is a lie.” “We need a New Founding.” And the hurting, angry young men — desperate for someone to blame — listen. Nuance (truth in the details) is dead in the streets. Truthfulness is irrelevant. Someone has finally given them a target. But here’s the reality: Blaming a racial group is the same strategy used by the radical left — the very strategy that boxed young white men out of American institutions under critical race theory. Replicating the same racial grievance politics isn’t a solution. It’s a mirror image of the disease.

The hard truth: Reality requires more of you

Gen Z is being sold a victim narrative because grievance is always easier than responsibility. Grievance lets you rage. Reality forces you to grow. Grievance says: “It’s all someone else’s fault.” Reality says: “Clean up your room first.” (As Jordan Peterson put it.) The solution isn’t in racial blame or authoritarian fantasies.

The solution is in maturity, discipline, truth, and long-term thinking — not instant emotional gratification packaged as ideology. And yes, that’s a hard sell. But it’s a worthwhile, fulfilling, and the only path out of this mess. Grievance is easy. Reality is hard. But reality is the only thing that actually fixes the world.

What we are witnessing is one of the end times signs that Jesus told us we would see in the time before He returns to restore righteousness. Because Gen Z are questioning everything it is an opportunity to share the Gospel with them and as I have posted previously, if we do, we will see many come to know God and their Lord Jesus Christ.

WOKE ISN’T DEAD IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS

It is still functioning openly, freely, and defiantly, in one of the nation’s most important institutions: US public schools, and it is the LGBTQ issue where the woke indoctrination is proceeding – unabated.

Newly donated LGBTQ+ books are displayed in the library at Nystrom Elementary School in Richmond, California. California State Superintendent of Schools Tony Thurmond celebrated the donation of thousands of LGBTQ+ books from Gender Nation to 234 elementary schools in nine California districts.

Using search terms like “gay,” “lesbian,” and “transgender,” among others, Christian Post (CP) compiled a list of all books featuring LGBT themes. Across 23 elementary, middle, and high schools, there were 690 books featuring LGBT themes. As might be expected, high schools are the absolute worst. Nearly 470 books with LGBT themes are present across just four high schools in the county. Some of them are very disturbing.

The most common theme of these high school books is homosexuality. It’s portrayed as normal, accepted, and just who you are. Transgenderism and coming out are also present as themes, but the general idea seems to be that if you’re gay or trans, you should know it by now, and the books are designed to affirm that, not convince someone on the fence. Of course, since the trans lobby thinks that most children have figured out their gender identity by age three, there should not be any need for further indoctrination, only affirmation.

If your child is in public school, CP says, pull them out if you can, because whether you know it or not, these books are in your local school library, too. Public education is a woke indoctrination factory. Your child is not equipped to withstand six or seven hours a day, 180 days a year, for 13 years, of relentless woke battering. The three hours a week they spend with you in church won’t be enough for most kids. If you cannot get your child out, then you will need to do the homework on what your kid is facing, from the library to the lesson plans, and equip yourself to unteach everything he has been taught, every day.

Thank goodness God told us that what we are witnessing in the world that has turned its back on God, precedes Jesus return to restore righteousness and usher in His Millennial Kingdom. Satan has had 6000 years ruling planet earth with his demons now it is time Jesus ruled the world with the nation God established for His purposes, Israel, finally fulfilling its destiny as the lead nation and Jerusalem as God’s desired city.

Jerusalem holds a unique status in the Bible as the city God explicitly chooses, loves, and sets apart as His own. This is not a vague sentiment but a repeated, covenantal declaration rooted in Israel’s history, prophecy, and theology. Jerusalem is not just a capital; it’s the earthly address of God’s presence.

I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her… I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City.Zechariah 8:2–3

After Jesus Millennial reign, this earth is destroyed. The White Throne judgement follows then the apostle John sees a New Jerusalem descend from heaven onto a new earth in Revelation 21. but its name and imagery are rooted in this earthly city God loved.

And he (Angel) carried me (John) away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.Revelation 21:10-11

WHY WE ARE SEEING BUSINESSES ADOPT CRT AND WOKE IDEOLOGY

What is Critical Race Theory (CRT)?

In a nutshell, CRT stigmatizes all whites (including “woke” ones) as racist oppressors while equally stereotyping all blacks as helpless victims who need an immensely powerful state to “liberate” them. This is not merely a “theory”. It is a political project which relies on inculcating feelings of guilt so as to shame whites into silence while perpetuating a sense of victimhood among blacks. CRT is thus fundamentally at odds with traditional Christian values – among them equality before the law, the presumption of innocence, and viewing people as individuals made in the image of God rather than as members of groups. CRT is indeed itself a racist ideology.

Someone who is woke is constantly inspecting every institution in society, looking for the presence of racism, sexism, and other forms of pervasive prejudice. What separates someone who is woke from someone who is merely progressive is not only this vigilance and awareness but a fervent belief that everyone must be enlisted into their social causes at all times and that the end justifies the means when battling what they see as injustice.

Unlike traditional liberals, woke Americans place very little stake in value-neutral norms like freedom of speech and non-discrimination.

A number of influential CEOs in the USA have embraced ‘woke’  corporate policies in recent years. While some may have thought this to be harmless – and perhaps good for business – it has seemingly come with a price, as the backlash has come from woke ads. CEOs can never buy enough absolution from the left as long as they believe in profit. Alienating the right leaves them friendless. Biz News warned CEOs that this would happen when they went for woke, and now it has.

What Wall Street did not mention is that the funding of big business is controlled by people such as Larry Fink (Blackrock) and Michael Bloomberg and they have the World Economic Forum (WEF) agenda of “The Great Reset” – A world socialist agenda controlled by the elite, “front and centre” of all they do.

What are ESG factors and Stakeholders, not Shareholders?

In his 2022 annual CEO letter, Fink said the nature of companies is changing, they now need to consider stakeholders, not shareholders. Stakeholders (employees as well as shareholders) need to know where the company stands on the societal issues intrinsic to their companies’ long-term success”. Companies will be judged by how they are addressing ESG factors. ESG is a framework that helps stakeholders understand how an organization is managing risks and opportunities related to Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria (ESG factors). ESG takes the holistic view that sustainability extends way beyond just environmental issues.

It is obvious that unless Boards and CEOs take on these new “Stakeholder and ESG” values, funding will not be forthcoming.

Some have criticized stakeholder capitalism and ESG as “woke” politics, a threat to shareholder interests, and a distraction for boards and management. Others have questioned whether stakeholder capitalism and ESG can straddle “doing good” and “doing well.” Uncertainty also abounds as to what ESG truly means.

But God reveals what is truly going on here. It is a move by the WEF elite to have companies adopt their godless agenda which will lead to a one-world government exactly as the Bible prophesies will happen prior to Jesus soon coming to earth. First, to rescue the Saints, second, to pour out His wrath on an unrepentant world, and third, to establish Jesus’ Millennial Kingdom. Go to http://www.millennialkigdom.net for more information on what God has planned next for His world.