It is said that the younger generation today is apathetic.

You add all this up together and of course people are apathetic.

The mainstream media often paints my generation as apathetic, and I think it's much more accurate to say we are deeply overwhelmed.

But the Islamists call for nationwide protests flopped. The military, after decades of rule, has dismantled all forms of political organization parties, trade unions, and student associations leaving a Pakistani society immobilized, apathetic, and incapable of articulating its preferences.

And these young people, when I talk to them, basically they were either depressed or apathetic, or bitter and angry. And they said more or less the same thing, We feel this way because we feel you've compromised our future and there's nothing we can do about it.

Such a direct method is the wellspring of authoritarianism. We must recognize that and understand that it emerges not only when the public is apathetic or frightened, but also when there is no apparent stable advanced guard, such as powerful political parties, which choose the leaders and control them.