And it&#x27;s because of an unhealthy collision between two major trends in society.  Namely:<p>1. Most more developed countries have an aging population, so the percentage of baby boomers is much higher than it probably should be.  This is due to better conditions, better healthcare, etc, which leads to people living longer and the population demographics skewing older.  Either way, politicians tend to support them, because they make up more of the population.<p>2. Older people vote more (perhaps due to younger generations seemingly losing all interest in politics or trying to change their situation in any reasonable way), so politicians target them more.  Combine with the aging population mentioned above...<p>It&#x27;s a pretty bad problem to have, and a perfect illustration of why a population shouldn&#x27;t be skewed too much towards any one demographic. And even more problems are going to arise when more of this demographic start retiring and the numbers of people working isn&#x27;t enough to support it...<p>I have no idea how to solve this issue.  Maybe mandatory voting would be a good start, to try and encourage people to vote rather than mere discuss politics&#x2F;sign internet petitions?  But it&#x27;s still problematic, since you need both political parties that fight for younger people&#x27;s political views and enough people to support said parties that the issues can&#x27;t simply be ignored.