Oli, had condemned ‘troublemakers’ masquerading as Gen Z. Karki’s government derives its authority from an amorphous ‘Gen Z’ – a campaign shorthand that has become a political category of its own. The Gen Z that took to the streets are from a substantial urban underclass, many of them new migrants to the city. The online Gen Z are tech-savvy, largely middle-class and fluent in Reddit memes. But part of its success in claiming the Gen Z mantle comes from its founder’s assertive (at times mercurial) personality.