But 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

But 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?