They choose to rebel against the present or create a new future. Imitate, create, rebel and survive - the Youth of today. Hence the essence of youth today is diversity. Within their diversity, youth identify with or against different aspects of society, including those aspects which oppress other sectors. It becomes a political choice to identify with or against these oppressive forces, and it is here that the commonality bridges the diversity, hence forming a youth movement towards change.
Young people are also well positioned to push for change.
Most are significantly less dependent on the economic system, which allows them room to protest. Their protests are more readily accepted as sincere and unselfishly motivated as compared to those coming from other sectors of society. As products of education and social engineering and as the inheritors of the planet, they have a right to be heard. Being linked together by educational institutions, ideas easily flourish and take root. Yet as the youth identity is transient in nature, ideologies within the youth movement tend to be dynamic rather than dogmatic.