General Article Gen Z’s dangerous attitude to debt

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Easy ‘buy now, pay later’ apps are facilitating young people’s lockdown shopping sprees.

By Eliza Filby

If you want to find out what Generation Z is thinking, look at what’s trending on TikTok.

One meme seen millions of times during lockdown has been the #GoHard video, featuring a comedic lip-syncing sketch to the US rapper Kreayshawn’s lyrics: “I’d really like to do that but I don’t have any f***ing money”. The meme reflects the frustrations of wanting to do something and then discovering a ...

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