OK, so no, only millenials: "The Harvard Public Opinion Project conducts a biannual poll examining the political opinions and civic engagement of young Americans ages 18 to 29." So this shows nothing about, "a generation". General trust in government is down across all demographics: http://www.people-press.org/2014/06/26/section-2-views-of-th....
The idea that distrust of the government has suddenly leaped on generational lines implies that millennials are savvy, informed, and active in comparison to demographics over 30 who are assumed to be complacent and naive in comparison. But the reality is that most people right now will gladly answer on a poll that they don't like the government as much as they used to, and that most people are still almost entirely complacent in any case; there are no millions marching in the streets in protest,
voter turnouts remain terribly low across all demographics, and everyone freely donates datapoints to Facebook all day which is one of the NSA's most bountiful conduits for information.
That's not to disagree with the very original comment here. The original comment refers to the interaction of subcultures as well, namely the "builder" subcultures who can direct their efforts towards pro-privacy or anti-privacy efforts. That is of course an important conduit.
The idea that distrust of the government has suddenly leaped on generational lines implies that millennials are savvy, informed, and active in comparison to demographics over 30 who are assumed to be complacent and naive in comparison. But the reality is that most people right now will gladly answer on a poll that they don't like the government as much as they used to, and that most people are still almost entirely complacent in any case; there are no millions marching in the streets in protest, voter turnouts remain terribly low across all demographics, and everyone freely donates datapoints to Facebook all day which is one of the NSA's most bountiful conduits for information.
That's not to disagree with the very original comment here. The original comment refers to the interaction of subcultures as well, namely the "builder" subcultures who can direct their efforts towards pro-privacy or anti-privacy efforts. That is of course an important conduit.