A few days ago, an article about Gen-Z was published.

Shortly after, it was removed from the website. However, the printed version had already circulated, and soon the article went viral. If we closely read and deconstruct the text written by the young scholar, we realize that he did not say anything extraordinary. He merely put into words what we discuss in our routines. The real reason behind the article’s sudden popularity was not its content, but its censorship. If the newspaper authorities had not removed it, it might have passed quietly, read by a limited audience and forgotten the next day.

As a nation, we are unfortunately not deeply inclined toward reading or literature, and serious writing rarely becomes a topic of mass discussion. Ironically, the article was originally meant for those who regularly read........

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