Youth satisfaction with liberal democratic ideals is declining over time and by generation. Perhaps, dissatisfaction reflects apathy about the actual functioning of democratic institutions in practice.  If it is simply the latter, the explanation is that young people are unable to find the ideology and identity of practicing political parties or politicians acceptable. But more likely, young citizens may hold that systems based on the core existing democratic processes -- compromise, consensus, acceptance of political opponents as morally legitimate -- do not deliver desirable results. They may believe that political opponents lacking that legitimacy should not hold public office, and even be harassed and excluded from public debate because they hold differing political views. One result of this viewpoint is that a considerable part of the European youth population does not believe that democracy is the best form of government. It is not easy to explain why, in Latin America or...(Read Full Article)