Complaining about young people is an age-old tradition, recognised as far back as 1965 in The Who’s smash hit “My Generation”. This tired trend of the middle aged and above griping about the allegedly useless youth of their time is rearing up again, with a range of people from the Chief Executive of Channel 4 to Jodie Foster criticising Gen Z.
As someone born in 1998, I am an elder Gen Z, and while I disapprove of this unhelpful label, which covers everyone born between 1997-2012, I feel my protective instincts kicking in as my cohort is attacked. Generational analysis not only over-generalises: it neglects to point out that youth-bashing is a self-defeating endeavour, and also downright ignorant.
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