Firms Resist Youth Movements

Youth political energy often reshapes large, public cultures but not individual firms because firms are short‑lived, hierarchical, success‑measured, and reward concrete achievement—so youthful dissent tends to be privatized (persuade supervisors) or expressed by exiting to new firms. Understanding these mechanisms explains where activism will succeed and where organizational reform must be engineered. — This reframes debates about social change: to influence private institutions you need incentives, internal persuasion channels, or structural reforms rather than public street‑style youth movements.