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| Younger generations are less satisfied with democracy than generations before them were at the same age. Our deputy editor, Robert Guest, asks what this means for the future of democracy. Film supported by @mishcon_de_reya 00:00 - Is democracy dead? 01:57 - Are young people to blame? 02:24 - Spain: from dictator to democracy 04:10 - Why are millennials disillusioned with democracy? 05:10 - What is the satisfaction gap? 06:30 - How media is manipulated 06:12 - Populist leaders can be good for democracy 07:45 - What’s at stake? Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletters: https://subscribenow.economist.com/ Read how Gen-Z protests could change Kenya: https://econ.st/4cVfE8c Listen: boomers in American politics: https://econ.st/3Xzjq1J Listen: how fragile is America’s democracy? https://econ.st/3ZjHckq Read: why British boomers are losing out: https://econ.st/3yX0wJR Read about social-media populists: https://econ.st/4e8PRuo Read our democracy index report: https://econ.st/3Mz4FXm US election coverage: https://econ.st/3XwzmTo |
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My generation is so spoiled and always complaining
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Democracy + Capitalism -> BS
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A 36 year old Spaniard is shown who thinks democracy has failed him, and it is hinted that he might lean towards a form of government more akin to the military rule of Francisco Franco (it is never clearly stated). BUT, then it turns out that he never goes and votes?!
GO VOTE!
How does anyone think that the system will ever function the way that you would like it to, if your voice is never made heard?
GO VOTE!
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The whole framing and approach of this video is flawed. We, the younger generations, are disappointed with how elites have abused and opressed the majorities on behalf of democracy and democratic values. We don't want a dictatorship or less freedom, we simply don't want political parties' gangsters to keep making a wider inequality gap. Your lack of criticism and paranoia is part of our disappointment
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This is too simple of a explanation talk about the money behind why such movements are even taking place and its pretty obvious why people feel disillusioned with their systems of governance. For example our democracy is based on plutocracy over meritocracy, that itself is a flaw that deserves looking into.💀
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"Freedom is always a generation away from extinction."-Ronald Regan
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We want stability and common sense, not more politicians.
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We're not rejecting democracy ; quite the contrary.
We're rejecting what YOU call democracy, precisely because it is NOT a democracy.
Liberal democracy is not democracy for it is not democratic.
And if the international order we're supposed to subscribe to is the current one, where it seems some regimes a threat and denounced them (such as China or Russia) but others as beacons of light and hope and to be defended at all costs no matter their atrocities and distaste for the people and democracy (Israel, USA), then we certainly want no party in that world order.
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It is simple really. People want an alternative to the current neoliberal system, and often the left wing parties have become neoliberal parties themselves. That creates a system where the only alternative is on the right. Present an alternative on the left as well and much less will vote for right wing parties. It is just the only choice
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They make a video about why young people are changing voting patterns, by talking to only one millenial, and then precede to explain why we vote like we do and why it is bad.
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So-called democracies aren't true democracies but are mostly about gaming the system and abusing the made up rules to ignore what people want. AIPAC runs USA as a corrupt kleptocracy where half of the population isn't even bothering to register in a cumbersome election process. Electoral college and gerrymandering outright throws millions of votes into the trash legally. Just in France leftist victors were snubbed and the same appointed right-wing bureaucrats keep running the show. As far as I'm concerned a 'democracy' such as those aren't that different than what happens in Russia. Whatever people want doesn't really matter in the end, the powers that be run the show. Arab Spring was hailed and ended up with another set of military juntas and dictatorships directed by CIA which is directed by Mossad. Then you have blank checks to ethnic cleansing and massacres applauded by a consensus of governments with no citizen involvement all around the world.
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Hard to be disillusioned with something we never had. Liberal democracy is a con designed to disguise the reality of what we all experience: we live in a plutocracy
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Youth is wasted on the young
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maybe that things called democracy, is a wrong thing!
maybe old politicians destroy next generations life and rights!
what your insight?
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And most of these people from who you took the numbers are unaware of their rights and alsmost all of them have no knowledge of history how constitutions are formed remeber the name of legend of legends dr.bhim rao ambedkar and his hard work
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And most of these people from who you took the numbers are unaware of their rights and alsmost all of them have no knowledge of history how constitutions are formed remeber the name of legend of legends dr.bhim rao ambedkar
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Send them to north koria
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All stupidity in these video, propagenda sharing , brain washing , spreading negativity you are just falttering
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Rich elites subvert and obscure what democracy is through ownership of the media in order to hang on to power, and then everyone is surprised when people are disillusioned with it.
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Will old people lead democracy’s death?
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