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Leaderless Gen Z uprising could be hijacked by selfish politicians

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Leaderless movements will be hijacked by other interest groups, to prosecute agendas that were never on the menu. [File, Standard]

It was British historian G M Trevelyan who introduced the notion of turning points where histories fail to turn.

Tumultuous intersections between time and space often create opportunities for societies to turn a new leaf. The ripe moment for change is lost, owing to culpable myopia.

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