Both Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi suffered falls this week, the latest reminder of the gerontocracy we live under

  • @[email protected]
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    128 hours ago

    Our future president already has one foot in the grave and he hasn’t even started his term yet. :p

  • @betahack
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    149 hours ago

    they are not leaders they are parasites

  • IninewCrow
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    5112 hours ago

    If these idiots had retired a thousand years ago like they were supposed to, they would have probably left a pretty good legacy and a decent remembrance of their political work.

    Instead, everyone is just going to remember these skeletal monsters that wanted to hold on to money and power until their dying breath at the cost of everyone alive and everyone yet to be born.

  • @[email protected]
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    -2512 hours ago

    Don’t be ageist.

    We grew up respecting our elders because they had wisdom. The issue here isn’t wisdom but a lack of character; and that’s ageless.

    Chances are, although they can’t debug a peerfs problem on a tiny text window on a phone with shitty wifi while in seat 12c at 30,000 feet, they will know about people; and their morals should be intact. Ignore this years flashy tech bullshit and listen to what they can teach you.

    The ones who weren’t shitbags to begin with, aren’t shitbags now. The ones who are assholes their entire life are - surprise - still assholes.

    Hanks for listening.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      1110 hours ago

      Elders have wisdom, but they also tend to be out of touch. The world is simply moving way too fast for people who grew up in the aftermath of WWII to be at the helm today when what’s needed is fresh ideas that the gerontocracy is physiologically incapable of producing.

    • @shalafi
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      611 hours ago

      I agree, but a lot of the problem is the corrupt have had a political lifetime to amass influence. Also, for the Democrats at least, the oldest politicians aren’t getting butts to the polls.