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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
- Xariphon ( @Xariphon@kbin.social ) 2•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.
- Milksteaks [he/him] ( @Milksteaks@midwest.social ) English2•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 ( @zerkrazus@kbin.social ) 2•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 ( @TheBenCommandments@infosec.pub ) English2•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?
- zerkrazus ( @zerkrazus@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Yep, pretty much. They have no incentive to care about any of it really, because the vast majority of them will be long gone by then.
- Centillionaire ( @Centillionaire@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Even if it was like a decade or two, there needs to be a limit.