As the country's political leaders continue to get older, events and episodes of decline among politicians continue to happen publicly.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6875734

People mentioned in this article are very old.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 81 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), 90 President Joe Biden, 80 Former President Donald Trump, 77

  • zerkrazus@kbin.social
    14·
    1 year ago

    Exactly. What do 80+ year olds know about the needs of modern kids, teenagers, and young adults? Hell, many of them probably still think rent is like $50/month.

    • TheBenCommandmentsEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      That’s not even the biggest concern; they’re not at all invested in the future because they’re not a part of it. Why would they care about any of the consequences the choices/actions they make now that we’ll be dealing with 20 years from now?

      • zerkrazus@kbin.social
        6·
        1 year ago

        Yep, pretty much. They have no incentive to care about any of it really, because the vast majority of them will be long gone by then.