Born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z makes up a massive portion of Pakistan's population, with estimates suggesting they are around 60-65% of the population, making them the world's largest Gen Z group, significantly influencing culture and consumption, despite facing economic challenges like unemployment. However, these youth are fiercely authentic, audaciously ambitious and too self-aware for their own good. They make a strong voice against the abuse of power, authoritarian governance, incompetent rule, elite privileges, nepotism, corruption, rising inequality and joblessness amid deteriorating economic conditions. But, one disturbing thing about them is that they are unnecessarily averse to the older generations. In this piece, the writer has shown Gen Z the reality they must reckon with.
If we do not belong to Gen Z, does it mean that we, the people from earlier generations, are no longer allowed to think? Or, are they now expected to think only what Gen Z wants them to think? Reflect for a moment: was it not our own Generations X and Y that created the opportunities through which Gen Z was able to free itself from the dominance of the Boomers? Was it not these very generations that initiated the journey toward all the facilities and freedoms Gen Z enjoys today? It was our way of thinking that aimed to push the world rapidly toward progress and advancement.
Today, when Gen Z laughs at the thinking of earlier generations; those earlier generations are smiling quietly in return, saying to themselves:
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