[Schmerika]

And the cohort most likely to vote well when they do.

The 18 year olds who vote less but vote for good parties are doing good, overall. The 60 year olds voting Tory their whole lives - not so much.

It's very easy to blame the young for all the problems earlier generations created and exacerbated. Not too wise though.

[tirant]

Who defines what voting well is? Or what a good party is?

The observed damage that the UK has inflicted to itself has been caused so far by all the parties that have been in power.

[danaris]

Voting in ways that genuinely serve their interests, perhaps?

Voting in an educated manner?

Voting for candidates and policies that will help people overall, rather than those that will hurt people overall, just so that they can hurt Those People?

[JumpCrisscross]

> And the cohort most likely to vote well when they do

Eh, this is far from a given. Mao's Red Guards were passionate idiots. And America's young men are in thrall of Clavicular.

The most powerful empires in history have had large rebublics at their cores for good reason. The wisdom of a crowd greatly increases with its diversity.

[satori99]

As an Australian, I am so grateful for compulsory voting.

[Schmerika]

> this is far from a given.

It's a given in Britain; ie, where we're talking about.

> Mao's Red Guards were passionate idiots.

Ok. And?

> America's young men are in thrall of Clavicular.

Clavicular? What? Were you trying to type Caligula - in which case, again, what?

American youth are far better voters than the elder generations - at least in terms of being against things like genocide, or in favor of things like universal healthcare, affordable housing/education, a liveable environment etc.

Unless you favor America's current status quo, which some people might. Personally, ew.

> The most powerful empires in history have had large rebublics at their cores for good reason.

Ehm you might consider the Dutch/British/Spanish/Mongolian/Roman/American empires role models of exemplary voting, but I certainly don't.

> The wisdom of a crowd greatly increases with its diversity.

If that's true (in certain contexts, with caveats, etc), then maybe by that logic we shouldn't be dismissive of young people, eg, just because they generally vote a bit less than older generations.