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> a lot of young people in the west are railing against democracy, free speech, and other laws that support their freedom

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Not "railing against" to be fair to your original point but this study (FiveThirtyEight thinks it's sound) says millennials value democracy far less than their predecessors.

As a % of people who think it is "essential" to live in a democracy:

Born in 1930s - 75% millennials - 30% https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democracy-meh/

The question is this just age (I've seen qualitatively similar things periodically about young vs. old people off and on for decades) or if it's a shift over time in attitudes of young people.

Could it be that democracy that people born in the '30s experienced (or at least perceived) was different from the one experienced by millennials ?

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