tokilamockingbrd said:
I am 30. I finally believe I have reach an age where my peers look at the big picture. Generally speaking young people are naive and easily impressioned. They are the demographic that some would actually give a shit about what a celebrity thinks they should do, and young people are much more likely to have their opinion influenced by what those around them think. Personally I think the 30-60 demographic is the most trustworthy. Old enough to have seen the world and how it works and have some semblance of how things work over time, but yet not too old to be in the old and senile stage where you are easily scared into stuff. |
Glad to see someone who i can agree with. Also for the younger generation of Brits being part of the EU is all they know, so they might not have the best oversight to make this decision. I actually think that the minimum age for these kind of referendums should be higher than general elections. In the latter you can vote on a party/leader that you prefer, and it's important that the view of the younger generation is taken into account in the forming of a new governement. However a referendum requirers an informed decision, and it creates a situation where the people determine directly what a governement should do. So that would mean that young and unexperienced people are telling older and and more experienced members of governement what to do. I don't think that's a desirable situation.
Looking at the poll not taking the younger age group into account would mean that the leave camp actually won by a landslide.
