This report is a worry for all of us supporting liberty and freedom. It seems, if the survey can be trusted, that 52 percent of Gen Z, aged 13-27 – are in favour of turning the UK into a dictatorship. They agreed with this statement: "the UK would be a better place if a strong leader was in charge who does not have to bother with parliament and elections." And 47 percent agreed that "the entire way our society is organised must be radically changed through revolution." Is this a Left wing turn? The survey did not detail exactly what sort of dictatorship they wanted.
However, there is a hint that it may not be coming from the Left, as 45 percent of male respondents aged 13 to 27 said that "we have gone so far in promoting women's equality that we are discriminating against men," and about the same percentage said "when it comes to giving women equal rights, things have gone far enough." Maybe the boys are Right, and the girls are Left?
That is all true, but just because the present government is so rotten does not mean that the entire system should be abandoned. All attempts to solve these sorts of social crises by dictatorship always results in even worse outcomes. The same sort of people that are causing the rot now, will get power, and the absolute power of dictatorships always leads to total corruption. There must be instead a long hard fight to clean up the present democratic system.
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/01/28/more-than-half-of-gen-z-believe-the-uk-should-be-a-dictatorship/
"Most young people – 52% of Gen Z, aged 13-27 – are in favour of turning the UK into a dictatorship, according to an alarming study for Channel 4. The Times has more.
Most young people are in favour of turning the UK into a dictatorship, according to a "deeply worrying" study, which has revealed an acceptance of authoritarianism and radicalism among Generation Z.
52% of Gen Z — people aged between 13 and 27 — said they thought "the UK would be a better place if a strong leader was in charge who does not have to bother with parliament and elections".
33% suggested the UK would be better off "if the army was in charge".
47% agreed that "the entire way our society is organised must be radically changed through revolution" — compared with 33% of 45 to 65-year-olds.
The findings from the polling company Craft form part of a Channel 4 report, Gen Z: trends, truth and trust, which will be published at a Royal Television Society event on Thursday. They were based on a sample of 3,000 adults of all ages.
It also revealed the emergence of a stark gender divide among young people.
45% of male respondents aged 13 to 27 said that "we have gone so far in promoting women's equality that we are discriminating against men". A similar proportion agreed that "when it comes to giving women equal rights, things have gone far enough".
On the media, 58% of Gen Z respondents said they considered social media posts from friends to be as — and sometimes more — trusted than established journalism.
Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson were among the influencers to command similar trust by 42% of men.