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Hmm. I am going to oversimplify a little bit. On average, young people see the world, see that it does not work, and want to change it. Hence, they chant: "Cha
by A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
Hmm. I am going to oversimplify a little bit.
On average, young people see the world, see that it does not work, and want to change it. Hence, they chant: "Change things!"
On average, old people see the world, they already settled on a routine that mostly works for them ( genuine survivor bias ) and do not want to change one thing for fear of losing what little they have. Hence, they chant: "Stop changing things!"
It is a question of balance. I always said that the biggest problem with democracy is its weakest link as it depends on a well informed voter. Fear is not a great advisor, but it is a great motivator.
- sph 4y agoThe other huge problem of democracy is that it doesn't account for human biases, such as the Donning-Kruger effect: people with high expertise tend to see flaws in one party or the other and will tend to not vote for anybody, while people with low expertise and knowledge buy any politician's lies wholesale and thus can be easily swayed by the best liar. So on average more liars get to govern us than good politicians. Additionally, the other issue is that the best people with the expertise to solve a country's issues are exactly those that couldn't be bothered to get into politics. Likewise, career politicians tends to be absolutely inept and unqualified to run a country. Democracy is the least worse form of government, but it still is very very bad.