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'Why Do You Hate Young People So Much?' Rishi Sunak Skewered By Student (uk.news.yahoo.com)

submitted 6 months ago by david@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] david@feddit.uk 53 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The truth is that Rishi Sunak is very happy to sacrifice the young to bad outcomes because he doesn't think they'll vote for him anyway so he can punch down without fear of electoral impact.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This applies to most parties tbh.

Young people don't vote in big enough numbers for parties to care about them. So they just appease pensioners because they're the ones who are going to get them into power or keep them in power.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You're not wrong. If young people turned out every election then things might change.

Source- former stupid nonvoting till 22 kid. And i was even ahead of my cohorts.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Every year young people are different. They may have a strong feeling of being a part of society this year, they may feel completely disenfranchised next year. Because every year there's a new set of them.

Every year old people stay the same. Because their views are already set in stone, you won't convince them of anything new. Also, they had time to form good behaviors. They had time to learn to vote even if they feel disenfranchised. They had time to learn to complain if they think something isn't right (even if they're wrong about it), and that you can make a difference and have your voice heard. They had time to learn these lessons and now, even if their opinion is wrong, they'll go out and vote, they'll put in the effort to get what they want.

Unfortunately, children haven't really learned all this. The average 18 year old is still getting bullied by his McDonald's boss to come in on their free time, and indoctrinated by their bad teachers that you shouldn't question authority, of course they don't think their opinion matters. They also don't understand enough about politics to know which way they want to go on some issues. This drives them to be indifferent towards it.

[–] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Turn out for one of the parties punching down on them? Can't imagine why they haven't done it. Total fucking mystery.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

"Vote for us, so we can ensure that all the young people are too pissed off to look after you in your old age."