>what has been a longstanding stereotype: youth are largely apolitical. I think the only people who have been saying this are those who haven't been young for

>what has been a longstanding stereotype: youth are largely apolitical. I think the only people who have been saying this are those who haven't been young for such a long time they have lost their contact with 'the youth'. I'm 23, and throughout my life pretty much everyone I've known around my age has been highly politicised. People from all walks of life. The key fact is that political disengagement/disillusionment != political apathy. Just because people may not be engaged in activism and may not even vote, does not mean they are not politically aware and in possession of opinions. It is foolish to assume that these people would not be willing to vote or take part in activism in any political climate, just that they don't want to in the current one. This is something dictators are finding out to their cost.