Young people aren’t disengaged from politics – they’re disillusioned by a system that no longer works for anyone. Westminster has become a theatre of distance and detachment, where decisions are made without consequence and experience is replaced by performance. The solution isn’t to “get young people interested” – it’s to build a system worth being interested in. Through local governance models like LEGS and the Circumpunct, communities can reconnect power with proximity, bringing young people and elders together to make real decisions in real time. The future depends on rebuilding politics from the ground up – starting where it matters most: locally.