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So… block people below 25 from anything that requires good judgement like choice of intoxicants, driving, operating heavy machinery, joining the military, havin
by robin_reala 1y ago
So… block people below 25 from anything that requires good judgement like choice of intoxicants, driving, operating heavy machinery, joining the military, having children, getting married?
Or accept that growing up is part of life, and that there are short term consequences of political choice too that groups of people are currently denied?
- shakna 1y agoSince when have the ramifications of political choice ever been "short term"? Liz Truss was only PM for 49 days. How much impact on the economy did she have?
- robin_reala 1y ago“The U.K.’s stock and bond markets have shed at least $500 billion in value since Liz Truss was formally appointed to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister on Sept. 5.” https://fortune.com/europe/2022/09/27/uk-stock-bond-markets-lost-500-billion-liz-truss-tenure/ https://fortune.com/europe/2022/09/27/uk-stock-bond-markets-... The article was published 22 days into her tenue.
- shakna 1y agoSo... Not short term, then?
- robin_reala 1y agoAre we talking around each other? 22 days feels fairly short term.
- shakna 1y agoThe impact of the individual, the damage, outlasts even a short appointment. Thus, no political choice, is short term.
- pjc50 1y agoLiz Truss was over 25 at the time.