Rise of ‘privileged’ millennials


Fizzled out movement: Students protesting the planned revisions to the Criminal Code and Corruption Eradication Commission Law in Jakarta. – The Jakarta Post/ANN

IT is heartening to see that millennials the world over are finally taking over and beginning to shake things up. After much handwringing about their alleged general lack of commitment and entitled narcissism, members of this generation have begun to step up to the plate and make attempts to prove those stereotypes wrong.

We can witness the most spectacular display of courage by the millennials in Hong Kong. In this city state, at the forefront of a protest movement to challenge the mightiest authoritarian regime in the world are young people who are still in their early 20s.

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