Today was a fasting day.
As the American mid-term elections get increasingly closer I have been reading about the chances of a democratic win which would be a blow to the forces of evil currently residing in the white house. In parallel there was a massive demonstration against Brexit in London this weekend. The interesting thing is that the reversal of Brexit and or Trump both rely on the same thing: mobilisation of the youth vote! In the US and in the UK turnout among the over 50 is 10 to 20 points higher than that of the under 30s. If young people voted in the same proportion as older ones neither Brexit nor Trump would have happened. Why is there such a disparity in political engagement between the old and the young. If anything you would expect the opposite. The old should be blasé and disillusioned while the young have a lot more at stake as they live with the consequences for longer. We need to find a way to get young people to participate in the future of our societies. As Xmas is coming up I will do a survey of the younger generation in the family to get some answers.
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