Why do young people everywhere seem disenchanted with govt? A 2021 OECD survey shows only 37% in 18-29 age group trust govt, as against 46% in 50+ cohort. In S Korea, the gap widens to 17 percentage points. In Ireland, it’s 38 points. Zoom out of this rich nations’ club, and a 2020 Cambridge study makes similar findings around the world.
Perhaps, youth is hard to please. But if that’s the case, why were 54% of 30-year-old Britons satisfied with govt in 1973? Why did satisfaction at that age increase to 57% in 1983, and 62% a decade later, before falling to 48% in 2010s?
