I don't have any real problem with older people, even 75+, being in positions of power and responsibility, especially in elected government. However, there is d

I don't have any real problem with older people, even 75+, being in positions of power and responsibility, especially in elected government. However, there is decent evidence that the degree to which late silent generation and early baby boomers have dominated positions of power starting in the late 1980s is a historical quirk. I didn't use to think so, but there was great article a month back on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22204966 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22204966) that compiled some good data on how power seemed to consistently land on individuals in the late silent generation or early baby boom. I don't think there is any conspiracy, although there may be some degree of self reinforcing bias toward people born around 1947 in society now. There are other precedents though- in the small scale, the US Military Academy (West Point) class of 1915 was known as the "class the stars fell on" because so many members became generals (due to WWII), and post WWII those that were able to serve in the military retained some advantages over those that weren't, either by age or other status.