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
    14·
    11 months 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
      13·
      11 months 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
        19·
        11 months 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@kbin.social
          6·
          11 months 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.