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This isn't just an American problem. It will happen to any system that exists for a long period of time. The solution is to have an upper limit for candidate a
by hnaccountme 3y ago
This isn't just an American problem. It will happen to any system that exists for a long period of time.
The solution is to have an upper limit for candidate age, lets say 60, and an upper limit to voting age, lets say 65.
There is already a lower limit for voting, we should have and lower limit for candidate age as well, lets say 30.
- wjnc 3y agoAnd why perchance is this democratic?
- anotherhue 3y agoBecause the returns on capital outpace those on labour over most timespans, and these folk have had a lot of timespans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Ce...
- 3seashells 3y agoThose that contribute to society economically.. get a voice. Instead we now have old people taking on massive debts with a punk "no future" attitude.
- paulddraper 3y agoThe min age for president is double the min age to vote. And the exclusion of minors from voting is made acceptable by existence of parents/guardians morally and legally responsible for their interests. Seniors often don't have the same.