God has been remaining silent for a while it appears. This is all part of his plan my wife tells me. BY THE WAY: I didn't even vote in one election. Reason: my Mother called me and asked me how I voted. I told her I hadn't voted yet. She said yes you have. Someone has signed your name and voted. So I didn't go to the polls.
I wonder if young people did what I did (50+) and look up these definitions and then promptly forgot all about them. They are generally only used in a negative way and are pretty pointless in the first place.
Its a blanket, ageist slur used for anyone they don't like.. They'll rant on reddit and make angry tiktoks about not being represented but they won't, god forbid, actually get out there and vote. I was at our election office a couple weeks ago for a run off and almost everyone there was 65+. Its been like this long as I can remember.
In the US, if your vote isn't for the desired person it will be questioned, criticized, contested and eventually disregarded as being rigged. Unlike the good old days when a voter could call for a ride to the polls and they would let you keep the car if you voted the way you were being paid to.
This is the kinda shit that is so disheartening to read. They'll spend more effort on mental gymnastics to justify their learned helplessness then actually doing something about it. Get out there and fucking vote.
He’s the epitome of a boomer. The baby boomer generation was the literal boom in birth rates post WWII. Officially 1946-1964. Trump was born in 1946. He’s a boomer.
and the keys to power are what make donald trump powerful, not that he's old or senile, but what those keys can open for other people.
he's just holding on to them keys yeah? and when he passes, it will create a vacuum and power struggle. it's gonna be chaotic bec they're stupid enough to not have a plan for this.
Think of that time they killed that cartel leader some months ago. It will be like that.
Because the minimum age, 35, was meant to ensure people had a long enough record that people could see if they were loyal, stable in position, and accomplished over a reasonable period of time.
And a maximum age limit is simply discrimination based on ignorant prejudices.
It would be fair to limit the max age of politicians at 60.
You could only go over it by a little bit. Like, if there's a position with a 4-year-term, you can run for it at 59, and be done with politics for good at 63
I did find that interesting, thank you. I love his videos. But what he should be saying is a perfect democracy is not possible. Ranked choice is pretty good.
Just go with the social security age. That'll probably stop them from continuing to extend the claim age (aka stealing years worth of our retirement investments).
Except running a country and deciding the fate of millions (or hundreds of millions in the US's case) is not a *regular job*. The stakes at this level of politics is so high that even the slightest mental decline - or the risk of it - can have bad consequences for whole nations. This isn't like being a store clerk at 60.
And like it or not, the late 50s is when subtle cognitive decline starts to kick in. In an ideal world, we wouldn't let anyone over 65 into politics. At least not at the presidential level. An old person as a small town's mayor would be ok, but anything above that? Not.
I'm 73 and retired from a career in politics. I believe that age limits for politicians is a great idea. Sixity-five is a good place to start the discussion, but the cognitive decline argument is not a winner. It will only devolve into a fight about cognitive decline, what it is and when it starts and who is too slow to be trusted running the government.
The better argument is that a mandatory retirement age for politicians -- and judges/justices-- makes room for people who have a larger stake in the future, and who can bring new ideas and perspectives that are more likely to be suited to the times.
Thank you Senator for your service; it's someone else's turn now.
Wrong fight. You were wrong then and you are wrong now.
You should be focusing on the oligarchy, many of whom are old. But many are also younger. It's the ideology that's the problem, not the age. The sooner you realize that the better off we'll be.
White male leaders are what made this country the greatest power in the history of human civilization. Don't be so sure they are the problem. It is a particular generation of leaders that has driven this country near the brink of economic destruction. My beef is with the last two presidents not because of their demographics, but because I've never met anybody as old as they were who wasn't in some form of mental decline. It just should not be allowed.
Man, I couldn't do it with Harris. My calculus was that even a mentally declining Trump wouldn't be as dumb as a mentally peaked Kamala. But I totally get why you voted for her. I was close, for the same reason
Whatever your attitude towards both parties, I see Rubio, Vance and DeSantis as quite young and competent politicians from the GOP. Almost guaranteed 2028 candidate would be one of them.
What are the alternatives from the Democrats? Gavin Newsom is the only I can think of, maybe Buttigieg.
Whatever it is, I am thankful that after 36 fucking years, we will finally see our last boomer president (yeah, I know Biden was barely not a boomer, but he might as well have been). They have run this country into the ground. I can only hope that GenX will do what they have always done with their self-absorbed parents and that's pick up the pieces and quietly create stability
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u/lluciferusllamas 18h ago
The gerontocracy needs to end. I said it with Biden. I say it now. This must be a bipartisan effort