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> They are basically throwing the electorate at them I think they're primarily throwing the non-electorate. Many young people don't vote because they perceive
by fab13n 15y ago
> They are basically throwing the electorate at them
I think they're primarily throwing the non-electorate.
Many young people don't vote because they perceive it to be about boring, old people stuff they don't really get nor care about. They barely know what are inflation or the ECB fund rate, they certainly don't have any advice about who's going to act on it in the most constructive way.
Now mess with their Internets, and suddenly they understand what the poll is about. Politicians have tailored their rhetorics for a world in which retired people vote, whereas youngsters don't. It looks like it's changing.
- jbooth 15y agoMost old people barely know what inflation or the ECB/fed fund rate are, either, just sayin.
- fab13n 15y agoYet it doesn't prevent them from having an advice about it, it seems. Hypothesis: when you're young, you can dismiss these stuff and have no advice about them, because they're grown-ups stuff. As you age, you have to admit that they're for smarter people, not merely older ones.
- burgerbrain 15y agos/advice/uneducated opinion/ Yeah, I think I'll stick with "not knowing what all that shit means, and being self aware enough to realize it".
- whatusername 15y agoYou should move to Australia. The Reserve Bank not changing the cash rate is front page news.
- bh42222 15y agoAre you sure that most old German people don't now what the inflation rate is?
- groby_b 15y agoFairly certain. WW2 is now 66 years past, and the 20's and 30's are more a cultural memory than anything else. Sure, people get the concept, but they don't have the visceral reaction older people had to it, or the drive to monitor it constantly. How do you think Germany got suckered into the Euro in the first place?