Young people didn't show up at Brexit vote, now throwing a tantrum about having to live with results

[hill2016]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/27/young-brits-are-angry-about-older-people-deciding-their-future-but-most-didnt-vote/

18-24: 36%
25-34: 58%
35-44: 72%
45-54: 75%
55-64: 81%
65+: 83%

[liberal N proud]

1. That sounds oddly familiar

[Lance Bass esquire]

2. Seen alot of that lately n/t

[Takket]

3. "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"

~Rush

This is a lesson taught in one way or another in virtually every election.

[Kelvin Mace]

4. Old people voted for something they will

not have to live with for very long. Blame young people for not voting.

[msongs]

8. if young people don't vote they are due all the blame appropriate nt

[Kelvin Mace]

9. And exactly how many "young" people are responsible

for creating the current world? Old people create problems with their greed and bigotry then blame young people for it all.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

10. I agree they aren't responsible for creating the current world

But they're certainly responsible for not showing up to vote in order to make the future world better.

[Kelvin Mace]

11. Old people lie to them, mislead them,

use them as tools, chattel and cannon fodder, and then get mad because they are too demoralized, too angry, or too exhausted to participate in a system rigged against them.

Damn those lazy, shiftless, kids and the app they rode in on. And we'd really appreciate it if they'd get off our lawn.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

12. Well

They haven't been too demoralized, too angry, or too exhausted to complain about the results.

And you're the one calling them lazy and shiftless, not me.

[Kelvin Mace]

15. Its called sarcasm

So, old people can grind down the young, and they need to just shut up. How DARE they complain.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

17. They don't have to shut up

And they can certainly complain. But choosing not to participate and then complaining because one doesn't like the results is a pretty stupid way to spend one's time.

[Kelvin Mace]

19. They were told they would be voting in a "non-binding referendum"

which then turned out to be "binding".

Which was it? Who lied? Who were people supposed to believe?

Every four years in this country we vote for people who may, or may not, vote for the candidate who got the most votes. I am old enough to remeber my candidate winning the presidency by a half million votes and yet it was the other guy who took office.

[GulfCoast66]

13. Damn glad the kids of the 1930's

Did not have such an attitude. Growing up in a real depression and then having to fight a war of civilizations which cost millions of them their lives.

We all, millennials more than most, have been pampered more than humans at any time in history. My mother had no running water nor electric and they were not considered poor.

Most middle class millennials deal with nothing worse than hurt feelings and they do not handle those well.

[Kelvin Mace]

16. Depends on where you live and what color you are

[GulfCoast66]

21. Don't disagree

I am a middle class white guy in the south so am very careful not to make statements about the lives of people of color. But with no personal knowledge I still suspect most would agree their plight, while often dire due to institutionalized racism is still better than 50-80 years ago.

I am by no means discounting the challenges we face but reject all the talk about this being the worst time ever in the US for young folks. That denies all available evidence. White kids born in 1840 or 1920 would strongly disagree. And any African American born before the 60's.

[AllTooEasy]

5. Don't Blame the young. Blame England and Wales

The young and old voted to Remain in N. Ireland, Scotland, and Gibraltar.

[lpbk2713]

6. I've always thought ...

if you don't vote you have no right to complain.

[tallahasseedem]

7. Those are some damning numbers...

It reminds me a lot of the 2004 election.

[Hortensis]

14. Hope somehow this hard lesson is making the

rounds among our own young voters. We have our own dramatic, nation-changing events unfolding, even if a good part of the planet won't have a major hissy the day after. Or, come to think of it, maybe it would. President "witless cocksplat" Trump appointing to SCOTUS from the Koch-approved Heritage Foundation list?

[MaggieD]

18. Sounds familar

[DavidDvorkin]

20. Ouch.

[UTUSN]

22. R#3 & K for, excellent point & the same happens here is lots of elections n/t