More than half of the British young people of the Gene generation (between 13 and 27 years old) are in favor of implementing a Dictatorship in the United Kingdom. According to a survey in charge of the Channel 4 channel, whose results will be announced in its entirety this Thursday, and 52% Of the participants they ensure that “the United Kingdom would be a better place if a strong leader was in command that did not have to bother with Parliament and elections.” One in three respondents also suggests that the country would be better under army control.
The study also shows that an important part of young people disagree with Gender Equality Policies. 45% of male participants believe that “It has gone too far in the promotion of women’s equality “, to the point that” men are being discriminated against. “A similar proportion considers that” far enough “in this matter has been”. One of the 25 -year -old respondents, 25 years old, claims to have been indicated for being a white, heterosexual and normative man: “It is becoming in the opposite direction, to the point that we run the Potential risk What us discriminate against us in favor of people of minority groups. “
Polarization in networks
The survey is part of the report ‘Gen Z: trends, truth and trust’ (Generation Z: trends, truth and trust), which aims to analyze the opinions of young people and the ways in which they access the information. One of the conclusions is that more than half (and 58%) consider that the publications of friends in the social networks are equally reliable -As times more- than the Traditional journalism. Many of the respondents believe that the ‘Woke’ ideology is decimating freedom of expression, a speech defended by individuals close to the extreme right on social networks.
The executive director of Channel 4, Alex Mahonensures that generation Z is the most liberal and, at the same time, the most authoritarian. “They are connoisseurs of the media, they are connected and intelligent, but since they were born they have been exposed to all the force of the polarizationthe confusion And sometimes the intentional deception of social networks, “he assured to the newspaper ‘The Times’.” There are clear evidence of the lack of commitment to democracy – raised by Hamelin flutists who voluntarily subvert the truths – and a growing gender gap that should worry about All, “he adds.
Radicalization of young people
The survey results have focused on the paper of the social networks in the radicalization of young people. Characters like British influencer Andrew Tate –Cusado of sexual exploitation of women in Romania – has become a reference for many young people, who share their misogynist speech and aspire to achieve a standard of living similar to yours. Tate’s account was Disabled on Twitter for the propagation of hate speeches, but it was restored after the purchase of the company by Multimillonario Elon Musk.
The Labor Government is trying to put limits to the spread of violence and hate speeches in social networks. Something that the prime minister insisted last week, Keir Starmerafter reading the sentence against Axel Rudakubana, the Author of the triple murder of three girls in Southport Last summer. The wave of violence caused by these murders, encouraged by the propagation of misinformation in social networks, has focused on the influence that the Extreme right messages They are having in the population, especially among the youngest.
