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Not "railing against" to be fair to your original point but this study (FiveThirtyEight thinks it's sound) says millennials value democracy far less than their
by sirkneeland 9y ago
Not "railing against" to be fair to your original point but this study (FiveThirtyEight thinks it's sound) says millennials value democracy far less than their predecessors.
As a % of people who think it is "essential" to live in a democracy:
Born in 1930s - 75%
millennials - 30%
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democracy-meh/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democracy-meh/
- dragonwriter 9y agoThe question is this just age (I've seen qualitatively similar things periodically about young vs. old people off and on for decades) or if it's a shift over time in attitudes of young people.
- mrighele 9y agoCould it be that democracy that people born in the '30s experienced (or at least perceived) was different from the one experienced by millennials ?