In the U.S., the proportion of people saying it would be good or very good for the “Army to rule” rose from one in 16 in 1995 to one in six in 2014. Ominously, the trend was strongest among the young. When asked to rate on a scale of one to 10 how essential it was for them to live in a democracy, 75 percent of Americans born in the 1930s chose 10, but the proportion dropped with each succeeding decade, falling to only about 30 percent for people born in the 1980s.
WTF?
This is very disturbing. Coming on the heels of the op-ed I wrote about on Sunday that discussed how many millennials believe "the husband should make all the important decisions in the family," I'm left wondering what the hell has happened to my generation.
I also ponder where such people can be found back home. Is this startling indifference a result of the educational system? A difference between rural/exurban America, a far different world than the American cities and upscale suburbs I'm used to?
I'd love to see a similar survey for Australians. I'd like to think they're more democratically minded, but I could well be wrong again.
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