• sampao@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Why is it that the senile white men are in charge of things? I think ageism might be needed to set age limits for elected officials. They don’t have the best interests of anyone younger than them in mind

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      May I suggest state limits?

      Like if you’re in charge of retirement plans you must have retired…50 to 70 years old for example.

      70 to death…have fun at anywhere else other than government

      If you’re in charge of the drug administration you must have a PhD in something related to viruses, vaccines, chemistry, biology.

      If you’re in charge of regulating pollution you must have never worked for a pollution generating company… Big oil being #1. But must have gone to school and have a background on energy generation for example solar, wind, atomic, LNG, hydrogen, etc.

      Like in some instances age plays a big role, in others knowledge plays a big role. And maybe us the people should vote on the rules too?

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      There’s that problem, plus the problem that the current crop of old white men are also Nazis.

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      A big part was “progressive morality” trolls dividing the Democratic party vote and discouraging voters from voting for Harris.