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nope. we need much younger politicians. And we need 70+ old guys learn new things just like this politician does.
by option 4y ago
nope. we need much younger politicians.
And we need 70+ old guys learn new things just like this politician does.
- kenjackson 4y agoCurious. Why do we need much younger politicians?
- option 4y agobecause people deteriorate mentally and physically with age.
- puzzledobserver 4y agoBut isn't this exactly the mindset that the original comment in this thread was criticizing? It might be fair to say, as a sibling comment does, that one needs younger politicians so they can better represent one's constituents. But to dismiss them just because they're old amounts to shutting off an economically productive segment of the population. More importantly, by discriminating against individuals because of their class membership rather than because of their abilities amounts to prejudice, no?
- rapind 4y agoSure, but you still need to consider the individual and not paint an entire demographic as “less than”. To do otherwise is prejudice. Ageism in this case. It’s also factual that wealth greatly impacts education, but we wouldn’t want to suggest poor people are unfit for office due to this disadvantage right? My parents are into their 70s and I have yet to detect even the slightest mental degradation.
- rychco 4y agoBecause aging politicians do not adequately represent the majority of their constituents.
- wankle 4y agoGiven that the publicly accepted view of aging is that we are all living longer; the math does not support your view.
- p00rsplr 4y agoMath is generalized logic, not a theory of a specific systems parameters and behavior. Humans memorize the information relative to them. If politicians memorize racism they’ll make racist policy. I don’t want people who think in 100 year old social terms alone deciding my fate. Society that never retires old ideas, demands speech stay on specific rails is hardly free. That type of governance is the basis of a police state.
- wankle 4y ago"I don’t want people who think in 100 year old social terms alone deciding my fate." Discriminating against someone on the basis of age is anti-social behavior.
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- rychco 4y agoThe math is on my side. The average age of 117th Congress is 59, while the average US citizen is 38 (at the time of this being noted in 2021).
- realusername 4y agoTo at least represent a bit better the modern world, not everybody makes the effort of keeping up to date with society when aging.
- phone8675309 4y agoSo those making the decisions will live as long or longer with them than their average constituent.
- wolverine876 4y ago> we need 70+ old guys learn new things just like this politician does. ? Does my comment read otherwise?
- poulsbohemian 4y agoThe way I like to phrase this is, I want politicians at each level to actually represent their constituency. So for example in my area, given that as much as 40% of the population is hispanic / latino, I'd really like to see more people from that demographic get elected. Likewise, about 50% of the population is female, therefore I want to see more women elected. I even want to see fewer lawyers and more laborers, teachers, etc in elected positions. I'm not convinced that politician should be a career and it definitely should not be the sole domain of old, white, rich lawyers the way that it has been historically. And, regardless of who is elected, I want them to be mentally adept and aim to be educated and informed rather than complacent.