Have you ever been told your generation is the worst? Who is Generation Z?

They called Generation Z lazy, narcissistic, and lost. They said the exact same thing in Florence. In 1497. In this video, I compare five specific complaints about Gen Z — fashion, work ethic, street violence, gaming, and distrust of institutions — with what Renaissance monks, merchants, and preachers wrote about their own youth. The parallels are not metaphorical. They are word for word. Plus: the story of Savonarola, who took Florence's most rebellious teenagers and turned them into a moral enforcement squad. And why that story keeps repeating itself. And the famous Socrates quote everyone uses? He never said it. A Cambridge student invented it in 1907. We will talk about that too. This is Video 23 — one year of History Canvas. Thank you for watching from wherever you are.