I'm 34 and I have never voted in anything but a couple of local elections. I have been known to spoil my ballot in the past however.
I think the modern western world is trapped at the moment. The next big political idea has yet to arrive in the consciousness of the average person. We are still just playing out the continuation of the post cold war 20th century and don't want to let it go.
Look at the revival of all things retro lately. We take digital pictures on our smart phones and use filters to make them look old and analogue, music is borrowing heavily from the 80s and 90s but no new genres are emerging. UKIP is another strand of this; a way for people to cling onto the ideas of the past because nobody can give / see a better vision of the future. I feel we have painted ourselves into a corner somewhat, left and right has been replaced by management consultants and performance targets. I want to be inspired to vote, but the past shows us political inspiration is often dangerous. So for now we are trapped in a status quo, where the idea of the individual and what the individual can attain is the current vision for society. The "selfie" is about as close you will get to a radical new youth movement these days...
I believe it will be a technology breakthrough that sets the next path for us and a new vision for the West but until then I can’t imagine I will vote. I wonder how people will look back on this time in history…
