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Originally Posted by cuervo72
The thing I found most interesting about the CBS blurb was not the comment about the poor, but the comment about the old. I don't think there's anything to be done about it, but for example, my 94yo grandfather's vote counts just as much as mine does. Statistically, I have a much greater stake in the future than he does however. For a vote such as Brexit which greatly affects the future (and may not be hashed out for some time, certainly not the immediate present) that's not quite ideal for the youth, who have to deal with a decision by the aged who may not even be around for the consequences.
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The counter is that the older generation has more life experience which may translate itself into rose-tinted glasses, but also may mean a more educated decison.
The main argument seems to be we're young and we wanted to work in Europe... Well guess what, if they're good enough, they'll be able to.
I'm fed up of everybody having a sense of entitlement - everybody should be given equal opportunities, but not everybody is equal: some are more skilled, more intelligent, more able than others.
It seems to me that people here expect to be given things rather than earn them, and have no idea how to compete, how to respond to setbacks and defeats.