SWWood wrote:It is always wrong to generalise an entire generation. There are plenty of ignorant, disengaged youngsters around, who really should take a greater interest in the world, but there are also many who are smart, switched on and very much engaged. There are also, however also plenty of naive, complacent, and indeed sometimes monumentally stupid older people. Whatever you might believe, the older generation does not have a monopoly on wisdom. The past week has proved that.
I wouldn't disagree with your first two sentences and then you revert to type, slagging off another generation because you didn't get the result you wanted. At least the 'monumental stupid older people' knew where to put their cross and did so.
Perhaps we have failed the younger generation by making life too easy for some resulting in the basics of education bypassing them and who were unwilling to register/turnout to cast their vote.
P.S. Someone at the polling station would have been able to explain what a X looked like and what to do if they needed any help just as they would also have done for the generation that hasn't got the monopoly on wisdom.
Do nothing and nothing happens.