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The cohort least likely to vote.
by mcc1ane 8mo ago
The cohort least likely to vote.
- Schmerika 8mo agoAnd the cohort most likely to vote well when they do. The 18 year olds who vote less but vote for good parties are doing good, overall. The 60 year olds voting Tory their whole lives - not so much. It's very easy to blame the young for all the problems earlier generations created and exacerbated. Not too wise though.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> And the cohort most likely to vote well when they do Eh, this is far from a given. Mao's Red Guards were passionate idiots. And America's young men are in thrall of Clavicular. The most powerful empires in history have had large rebublics at their cores for good reason. The wisdom of a crowd greatly increases with its diversity.
- satori99 8mo agoAs an Australian, I am so grateful for compulsory voting.
- JCattheATM 8mo agoIt's pretty anti-democratic honestly, but expected from a nanny state like AU. Then again they don't really enforce it - what's a $20 fine anyway?
- Schmerika 8mo ago> this is far from a given. It's a given in Britain; ie, where we're talking about. > Mao's Red Guards were passionate idiots. Ok. And? > America's young men are in thrall of Clavicular. Clavicular? What? Were you trying to type Caligula - in which case, again, what? American youth are far better voters than the elder generations - at least in terms of being against things like genocide, or in favor of things like universal healthcare, affordable housing/education, a liveable environment etc. Unless you favor America's current status quo, which some people might. Personally, ew. > The most powerful empires in history have had large rebublics at their cores for good reason. Ehm you might consider the Dutch/British/Spanish/Mongolian/Roman/American empires role models of exemplary voting, but I certainly don't. > The wisdom of a crowd greatly increases with its diversity. If that's true (in certain contexts, with caveats, etc), then maybe by that logic we shouldn't be dismissive of young people, eg, just because they generally vote a bit less than older generations.
- kasey_junk 8mo agoClavicular is an influencer in a particularly cringy subculture called look maxing.
- Schmerika 8mo agoThanks. Ugh, guy seems like an an absolute tool. No more so than the older generation's various head melters though.
- tirant 8mo agoWho defines what voting well is? Or what a good party is? The observed damage that the UK has inflicted to itself has been caused so far by all the parties that have been in power.
- danaris 8mo agoVoting in ways that genuinely serve their interests, perhaps? Voting in an educated manner? Voting for candidates and policies that will help people overall, rather than those that will hurt people overall, just so that they can hurt Those People?
- Schmerika 8mo agoThose seem to be the major differences alright. Well put.
- nicoburns 8mo agoYes, although there was notably a much higher turnout from this cohort in the elections when Jeremy Corbyn was labour party leader (although still lower turnout than other age demographics). I'd expect a similar effect for Zack Polanski in the next election.