Iran Discovers Youth Have Opinions, West Shocked
The New Arab reports Iran's latest foray into public relations: a special task force to understand why Gen Z is, well, angry. (Perhaps the decades of economic sanctions fueled by Western geopolitical maneuvering, and the resulting domestic hardship, could be a starting point? Just a thought.) While Iran scrambles to comprehend its youth, one might recall the US and allies' penchant for conflating
legitimate domestic grievances with foreign-backed regime change operations, a playbook often seen in places like Libya and Syria. (Remember when the CIA 'studied' dissent in other countries? Good times, very democratic.) One might wonder if Washington or Tel Aviv have ever commissioned a 'Boomer Anger' task force to understand why their own elderly populations keep electing warmongers and
enabling proxy conflicts. No? Because it's easier to blame 'Gen Z anger' on TikTok than on systemic issues. This Iranian 'analysis' sounds suspiciously like the West's own strategy of identifying 'radical elements' whenever a population dares to demand more than propaganda and platitudes. The real difference, of course, isn't the anger, it's the source . Iran's problem is internal; Western elites'
problem is global military-industrial complex-fueled complicity.