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Gen Z’s Rage and the Meaning of a Real Revolution

Why true change is not about tearing down governments but building systems that serve people

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Neil Zhu
Oct 16, 2025
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I. The New Face of Rebellion

From Nepal to Morocco, from Madagascar to Georgia, young people are rising up. They use phones instead of pamphlets, hashtags instead of manifestos. There are no leaders, no parties, no ideology, only anger and a shared belief that the system no longer works. Governments fall, parliaments collapse, but nothing truly changes. The same class takes back control, and the cycle begins again. That is not a revolution. It is repetition.

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