I'm reminded of The Proclaimers "What Do You Do", a pro Scotland independence song.
"But poverty and failure aren't what I'm after
I painted Fight on factories but they closed the factory down pal
...
What do you do when democracy fails you?"
'Gen Z', and others, want democracy to work for them, but they see it's not, and it didn't work for their parents. Some haven't got to the 'other systems are worse' stage yet.
Tony Wells
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