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Originally Posted by Peterwl
An interesting aspect to the Brexit is the voting age demographic.
A vast majority of the young generation wanted to stay in and revel in EU socialism, and the majority of older voters wanted out.
The older people remember what it was like when Britain governed Britain.
The younger ones only know about the current arrangements.
You could extend this scenario to all current politics in general.
Even in Australia, the older generation remembers a time when Australia used to have good government and competent institutions.
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Very true. Voter turnout at the young end was very poor. If they all cared that much and voted the result may well have been very different. No compulsory voting like we have.