[Jack_]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes something Young Jack
skips

I don't skip it at all, political apathy is a terrible thing and it's especially bad amongst young people which makes me sad, but as with everything it has a cause and one that needs to be addressed.

Politics just doesn't speak to a lot of young people, and the government are intent on making sure of that. Politics and sociology should be core subjects from the start of secondary school to engage students in the world around them but in typical fashion it's actually going the other way, and such important subjects are being downgraded and don't carry the same weight that other more ~prestigious~ ones do.

Unfortunately it's a cyclical thing. Political parties tend to target their more beneficiary policies towards those who are retired because they're more likely to vote and young people therefore have to carry the burden, so as a result they feel marginalised and disaffected and so don't vote. They don't vote, and nothing changes. It's a difficult problem to address but you can't expect young people to take an interest in it when not only do they feel like it either doesn't speak for them or is irrelevant, but they are presented with very little opportunities to learn about it.