My advice to Gen Z...

Build your own systems to replace the current one.

Exit and build to quote John Bush

Get out of the cities to the peri-urban finge at a minimum. The full on "country" would be better.

Build a scalable side hustle that can work via the postal service.

Grow food, keep animals.

Sell the surplus as a value added product.

Just get out, get out, get out..