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Sometimes I think Gen Z has wasted their advantages. You people have 24x7 access to knowledge much greater than what we did, and also more awareness as a result. But I think while we had physical ragging and homo phobia then, we also had a lot of kindness. I don't see that nowadays. Even though there may not be physical ragging, people are just engaged in cyber bullying and "toxicity" to use your words.
Sexual assault allegations, as far as I am aware, did not occur in a ragging context (seniors->freshers). It is a serious issue but a separate one.
So maybe Gen Z didn't as much invent the concept of toxicity as they just coined a word for a phenomenon they observed?
And to say that the world was not as toxic is probably some dishonesty, especially when you agree in the same breath that there was "physical ragging and homo phobia". It sounds a lot like oh the world was great back then, yeah we used to beat people up and make people uncomfortable about their sexuality but maaan was it fun!
The current generation students push the concepts of toxicity, wokeism, etc. to its boundaries, yes. They also often cross some boundaries and make mistakes & errors of judgment. But it's a university ffs, that sort of dialogue and experience is how one is supposed to learn about real world (including how movements take shape).
I agree the world was different without the omnipresent mobile phone & social media. Instagram etc. was just becoming famous halfway through my law school, so I do have some experience of life prior to that (though, admittedly, Facebook was a thing then - but it wasn't as pervasive as present-day social media). A world without 24x7 need to be connected is definitely better, no doubt. But to say everything was rosy is just nostalgia doing its thing.
Ofcourse, homophobia existed deeply.
Other than that, interpersonal relationships were more cordial. People were better in conducting dialogues. Cancel culture did not exist. People were more connected to the real world, and did not shirk from hardwork.
In contrast, Gen Z continue to live in their early adolescence even in their 20s. Theirvgeneral attitude towards dealing with disagreement is more 'toxic' than homophobia and ragging which prevailed in 2000s.
- Normalisation of cringe and fringe on social media. This lowered the collective IQ of Gen Z and also made them more radicalised
- Liberal media brainwashed Gen Z into thinking that Trump is bad, Modi is bad etc.
Most alumni haven't set foot back in the campus and frankly don't give a rats ass about what's going on.
If they had a good or bad experience, they are not going to be in a position to compare neither do they care.
The political climate is yours and you do what you can with it. It doesn't affect us. We are out making the money and most of our lives.