More than half of Gen Z wants UK to become a dictatorship, survey claims
More than half of Gen Z wants UK to become a dictatorship, survey claims
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Findings will be presented at a Royal Television Society event as part of Channel 4’s report titled Gen Z: Trends, Truth and Trust. The majority of young people in the UK are in favour of turning the country into a dictatorship, according to the results of a new survey that say Gen Z are simultaneously the “most authoritarian and liberal generation”.
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More than half (52 per cent) of Gen Z – those aged between 13 and 27 – think the UK would be a better place if a strong leader “who does not have to bother with parliament and elections” was in charge. A third of Gen Z also believed that “the UK would be a be a better place if the army was in charge”, according to the research carried out by polling company Craft for Channel 4.
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Alex Mahon, CEO of Channel 4, said the results of the survey exposed some “deeply worrying issues”. “There is clear evidence of disengagement from democracy – fuelled by the online pied pipers who wilfully subvert truths – and a growing gender divide that should concern us all,” she said.
The findings will be presented at a Royal Television Society event on Thursday as part of Channel 4’s report titled Gen Z: Trends, Truth and Trust. The survey of 3,000 adults of all ages, further found 47 per cent of Gen Z agree that “the entire way our society is organised must be radically changed through revolution” – compared to just 33 per cent of 45 to 65-year-olds.
The report also found a stark divide in opinions over gender equality, with 45 per cent of male respondents aged 13-27 agreeing that “we have gone so far in promoting women’s equality that we are discriminating against men”. A further 44 per cent agreed that “when it comes to giving women equal rights, things have gone far enough”.
