• takeda@lemm.ee
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    12 days ago

    No matter, your view on her, it really is time to retire, she is 84.

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      12 days ago

      It was time to retire 20 years past. It’s time to give back all the money she stole from her communities with all the insider trading bullshit.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      Meh, I know I’m in the minority here, but I’d rather it was based on merit and policy positions.

      I DGAF about someone’s age as long as they are still fit and they have the right policies. Assuming someone like AOC stays in until she’s 84 and shows no sign of moving to the right and no sign of slowing down?

      Going forward, I think we will very likely have even OLDER politicos than we do now, assuming breakthroughs on slowing down aging, even age reversal. Of course, that assumes that Bronzo the Clown and fElon and Brainwormz don’t completely break our system of innovation and healthcare. But if it doesn’t happen here, it will happen in other countries…so I don’t think the ageism we see right now will itself age all that well…

      • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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        10 days ago

        Assuming someone like AOC stays in until she’s 84 and shows no sign of moving to the right and no sign of slowing down?

        Just imagine how many rail union strikes she could vote to prevent in all that time!

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        12 days ago

        Yeah, it’s not just mental capacity, her decisions right now no longer will affect her. We should have a younger people whose these policies will also impact.