State’s dilemma in Finance Bill push

We are all stunned by the street protests by the youth and by the rise of what has been dubbed as the anxious generation against the tax proposals contained in the Finance Bill, 2024.

The revolts seem to have come from nowhere and now look like they are capable of going anywhere. Some analysts are drawing parallels with the Arab Spring. We have tried to explain it to the ubiquity of the internet, smartphone apps and internet net platforms. The zoom generation are arguably the first generation to have grown up entirely on the internet.