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One of the big problems of having a government ran by an oligarchic gerontocracy is that none of the people in charge are going to care about long term effects
by fzeroracer 1y ago
One of the big problems of having a government ran by an oligarchic gerontocracy is that none of the people in charge are going to care about long term effects because they'll be dead before it affects them. So they maximize short term value extraction and destruction.
It's not strictly a far right issue either, the dems are feckless and useless for similar reasons being that any sort of long term consequences does not matter to them.
- Braxton1980 1y agoAre both sides equally bad?
- leptons 1y ago> the dems are feckless and useless for similar reasons being that any sort of long term consequences does not matter to them. Please elaborate on this.
- Loughla 1y agoOld. They're old. Gerontocracy means old people. Dems, republicans, both are old. The average age for republicans and democrats in the house is 57 or so. The average in the senate is 62(r) and 65(d). While 57 isn't ancient, it's also not young enough to give a shit about 2070. 62 and 65 year olds certainly don't care about a date so far in the future that their kids will be dead.
- Braxton1980 1y agoOk. They are old. What's the evidence they don't care?
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- Loughla 1y agoI literally didn't say any of that. Don't put words in my mouth. I'm saying they're all old. Their incentives are wildly different than mine because they're older than I am.
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