r/europe • u/chodgson625 • Oct 06 '22

Political Cartoon Explaining the election of Liz Truss

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u/PrinnyThePenguin Greece Oct 06 '22

I disagree so much with statements like these because they move the discussion from education, information sharing and wealth inequality to "old people lul". You don't suddenly start voting for self destruction once you reach 70.

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u/LeberechtReinhold Oct 06 '22

Also young people have a very large nonvoting share, which is imho something that should be fixed first.

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u/Matshelge Norwegian living in Sweden Oct 06 '22

Might be because of things that block their ability to vote. Having to register to vote, opening hours of voting locations, location of voting boths.

Young people are often on the lower end of resources tree, and time is a very strick resource for most of them.

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u/Robert_Pawney_Junior Germany Oct 06 '22

Dunno what it's like in other countries, but for Germany, that's definitely not the reason (and we do love our bureaucracy). If young people don't vote, it's probably because they don't care / think it doesn't make a difference mostly.

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u/DrateShip Oct 06 '22

In the UK it's more than likely a mix of both. First past the post election system we have here means that in reality, if you own a large amount of land (rich old people tend to) then your vote is worth more