As the country's political leaders continue to get older, events and episodes of decline among politicians continue to happen publicly.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6875734

People mentioned in this article are very old.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 81 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), 90 President Joe Biden, 80 Former President Donald Trump, 77

  • Milksteaks [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    We need age and term limits to get these fossils out of office. I feel as though they’re not capable of properly representing their electorate

    • zerkrazus@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Exactly. What do 80+ year olds know about the needs of modern kids, teenagers, and young adults? Hell, many of them probably still think rent is like $50/month.

      • TheBenCommandments@infosec.pubEnglish
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        1 year ago

        That’s not even the biggest concern; they’re not at all invested in the future because they’re not a part of it. Why would they care about any of the consequences the choices/actions they make now that we’ll be dealing with 20 years from now?

  • Xariphon@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Our laws already exclude young people for nothing else than presumed inability, regardless of demonstrations of actual ability.

    And yet we have no laws excluding the geriatric, even in cases of demonstrated inability.