And the ones who tipped the scale are already dead based on voting by age cohort. Like ordering dinner and dipping out before they’ve served the meal.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36616028

How do you decide which were the 2% that tipped the scale? Could have been the 18-22 years old too, no? Could have been any cohort, it’s a mathematical fallacy to pretend otherwise I feel.

This has been the sentiment at the time, I suppose coming from the percentages in the cohorts:

> 64% of over-65s voted for Brexit - compared with 71% of under-25s who voted Remain

Source and more context: "Vince Cable: Young 'shafted' over Brexit" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40842017

Every democratic country gets a government they deserve

Well if your definition of “what a democratic country deserves” is “their current government”, then yes, but it does feel a little circular.

If not, how do you define what a democratic country “deserves”?

Not really? There are multiple forms of democratic systems. The one utilised by the UK doesn’t appear to be very good, producing sub par results.