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At this point, the country is run by a gerontocracy, and they are blatantly grasping at the last scraps of their grift as the ship goes down. It's sad to see --
by jnmandal 5y ago
At this point, the country is run by a gerontocracy, and they are blatantly grasping at the last scraps of their grift as the ship goes down. It's sad to see -- really pathetic.
- 3glkjlkjgr 5y agoMost of our politicians should be shot.
- disambiguation 5y agoIt's amazing these people keep getting voted back in too.
- rootusrootus 5y agoIt's the same old problem. Everyone hates Congress, but loves their own Congressman. And tribal politics being what it is, nobody wants to throw away their vote on a third-party because they're worried that will cause The Other Side to win.
- DoctorOW 5y agoI mean that's literally true though. Every election in the foreseeable future will pretty much always be won by one of the two parties. As the parent comment points out they've got millions of dollars put in to generating tons of outreach. Do you honestly believe an internet comment is comparable?
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- bmeski 5y agoYour plane will likely crash if you don't toe the line. edit: Tow => toe
- tablespoon 5y ago> It's amazing these people keep getting voted back in too. It's a two-party system, you have to vote for one of them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuYsZUMuj0M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuYsZUMuj0M, The Simpsons S8E1 - Treehouse of Horror VII - Kang and Kodos Or more accurately, they've gotten really good at getting people to focus on hating the other guy or getting wrapped up in partisan BS.
- gorwell 5y agoHow many times are we going to fall for `This is the most important election of our lives!`. It's always about choosing the lesser evil. Every time. And then nothing changes. Andrew Yang has the right idea. We need to break the duopoly by implementing Ranked-Choice Voting and Nonpartisan Primaries.
- tablespoon 5y ago>> How many times are we going to fall for `This is the most important election of our lives!`. It's always about choosing the lesser evil. Every time. And then nothing changes. > Andrew Yang has the right idea. We need to break the duopoly by implementing Ranked-Choice Voting and Nonpartisan Primaries. Those sound like a technical solutions to a social problem.
- lawrenceyan 5y agoWhy can’t technical solutions help to simplify/ease the social problem? It’s clearly not the only thing required, but it would provide some major relief.
- tablespoon 5y ago> Why can’t technical solutions help to simplify/ease the social problem? It’s clearly not the only thing required, but it would provide some major relief. They can be part of a more holistic solution, but here they were presented as the solution. And if you only have half a solution, it may turn out to be half of the wrong one.
- mitigating 5y agoIf I have a choice between someone who used insider trading to make money and someone who lied about election fraud, a direct attack on democracy, I choose the least evil (or best of) the two people. I wish there was a third party system.
- jaywalk 5y agoThe fact that you felt compelled to say what you just did (which is patently absurd) is why our democracy is failing.
- spaetzleesser 5y agoMost people vote against the other other guys. I don't think anybody really wants Pelosi or Biden but they just look at the alternatives. It's a sad state of affairs that you can only choose between two bad choices.
- brodouevencode 5y agogerontocracy: Government based on rule by elders.
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- throwaway75787 5y agoIt's her sanctimony that settles it. Claiming to be righteous in the face of Trump/Republicans' sins (and believe me, I have no special love for that). Similar with people like Hillary acting like they are owed the election. Meanwhile people in the heartland are pissing in bottles, hoping to get another dollar per hour, and getting killed by tornadoes because they are not allowed to leave their shift at the warehouse. While she's defending grift to earn millions more. It's filthy. So this is how we go out, not with a bang but with a whimper. So much for "all men (and women) are created equal".
- devmunchies 5y ago> It's filthy. So this is how we go out, not with a bang but with a whimper. agree. and we just have to watch >So much for "all men (and women) are created equal" created equal != retain equal value
- dntrkv 5y agoWhat do you find gross about that? That there are people suffering while others are well-off? That rich, powerful people are friends with other rich, powerful people? Not seeing how that makes Pelosi particularly "gross."
- therealdrag0 5y agoWhat's wrong with a gerontocracy and how does that relate in any way to stock trading?
- pixelatedindex 5y agoFolks who are over 60 years of age should not be making and setting rules for an entire country to follow. When you're that old, you're stuck in the past and the laws don't move forward with the public. Think of how many times you've to explain to your grandparents how "things are different now". A gerontocracy doesn't directly relate to stock trading, but this old woman is saying very absurd things.
- thehappypm 5y agoThis is ageism, folks.
- raxxorrax 5y agoThis descriptor is idiotic, although the assumption that 30 year old senators would fare better on corruption accounts is as well.
- spaetzleesser 5y agoI agree. I am in my 50s and I can barely relate to the world my younger colleagues in their 20s live in. I can't even imagine how far people in their 70s and 80s are removed from the reality of younger people. They shouldn't make any decisions for the future of a country.
- oh_sigh 5y agoJust wait...the geriatrics will die soon enough as they necessarily do, and then all of the resources they've squirreled away will be inherited by their heirs who have even fewer scruples or talents than their parents.