I didn't pass it yet. My idealism is still here and I live by it. The rest of my generation is a different story.

They did assortative mating at scale after college and divided the country's politics and social networks around degree holders versus non-degree holders, they abandoned economic populism for identity politics when they could have done both, they still aren't demanding that their politicians tax the rich a lot more (partly because they work for the rich), they do NIMBYism now as homeowners, and they mostly hate the police.

It's going to take a new generation of Gen Z dems growing up and entering politics to move the party's culture away from where it is now. Either that or they'll sell out to and follow the trend.