Radio presenter Thaao Dill says he fears for Bermuda’s future if more young people do not take an interest in politics.

The 24-year-old Hott 1075 FM breakfast show host says an “apathetic” attitude has developed among his peers because they have not had to fight injustices like previous generations.

In an interview with The Royal Gazette, Mr. Dill — who has interviewed a string of politicians as predictions spread of an imminent General Election — called for people aged in their 20s and younger to pay more attention to issues surrounding the Island.

He urged them to follow the example of Junior Social Rehabilitation Minister Davida Morris, who was appointed to the Senate at the age of 25 last October after impressing Premier Ewart Brown as chairman of Progressive Minds, the youth wing of the Progressive Labour Party.

It comes after the Premier targeted youths in his election campaign by signing up to popular online community Facebook and arranging a series of question and answer sessions with young people.

Dr. Brown has long stressed his concerns over the comparatively low number of people aged 18 to 30 who are registered to vote.

Asked how important it was for young people to get involved in politics, self-proclaimed PLP supporter Mr. Dill said: “It’s everything. That’s the only way Bermuda can exist 30 years down from now.

“The situation we are in now, we have never been faced with. Throughout our history we always have social pressures that forced people to get involved. You had the fight for universal suffrage, the fight for desegregation. Very tangible evil issues to get dealt with.

“And then we got complacent. We got comfortable and I think that’s why we are so apathetic now.

“We have no reason to be anything better. That’s how we were raised. We were raised to chase money. Not equality, not freedom, not peace.”

He conceded many countries across the developed world faced the same problem in modern society, but Bermuda’s size meant the effects would be amplified.

“In other places in the developed world, you have so much of a larger pool to deal with. You have more people,” he said.

“When you get 48,000 Bermudians, 35 to 40 people under 30 that possibly might decide to get into politics, that’s a problem.

“If you look at the numbers, it’s really unsettling. We could conceivably be in a position 20 years from now with so few people that are really passionate about making Bermuda a better place.”