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..