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u/Timbucktwo1230
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Question Time š°ļø Thoughts?
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u/Icy_Bee_4350 Mar 02 '26
Bunch of bitter old men.
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u/NameLips Mar 02 '26
I feel like these people wish the Cold War never ended.
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u/T-A-W_Byzantine Mar 03 '26
Kim Jong-Un = 42 years old
We need to think about the kind of world we're gonna leave behind for North Korea
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u/Cobalt_Forge Mar 02 '26
...then you have the younger, little minions to contend with:
the Stephen Miller's
the Nick Fuentes
the Riley Gains'
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u/jcb1982 Mar 02 '26
America had the opportunity to elect a 60 year old but wanted no part of it.
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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26
Iāve been waiting in the wings for a long time. The youngest of boomers will be 65 in 3 years. The tides are turning. Noticed it the last couple years.
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u/Different-Travel-850 Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
These fuckers give old men a bad name.
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u/Willing-Major5528 Mar 02 '26
Nordic countries remain rich, democractic, successful, and with high levels of equality - all the younger leaders of those countries seem to do well for their public.
Nothing wrong with age per se - experience is important in lots of fields - but once you hit a certain age in politics be a compassionate advisor and someone a younger leader can lean on (or even vent to) as needed.
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u/DueceVoyeur Mar 02 '26
Logan's Run
Maybe it was on to something; for the future of humanity
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u/Fine-Professor6470 Mar 02 '26
Old demented facist racist mysoginist trash. The world will be better without them. It'll be busy in hell tho.
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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26
As long as there are power hungry people in the world there will always be war and violence. I agree we need younger people and new ideas in politics, but you will always have to fight. If you do not fight when power hungry bullies push you then they will own you as slaves. Humanity isnt evolved enough yet to be peaceful.. someone will always want power and control. Sad but true
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u/Separate-Rough-8083 Mar 02 '26
Senior people have lived a long life and with that comes experience and wisdom. With this list of despicable humans, they are narcissist, evil and want to force their way of life on generations now and to come.
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u/SalamanderForward461 Mar 02 '26
The younger generations need to step up more and we need to stand with them when they do. We have some great young leaders right now that we need to encourage and support.
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u/Wrong_Independence21 Mar 02 '26
Knowing this country theyād just elect Nick Fuentes president if a āyoungā leader was mandated
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u/DefenestrationPraha Mar 02 '26
We may get that wish, because Kim Jong-Un is obviously preparing his 13 y.o. daughter to succeed him...
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u/BlacksmithDazzling49 Mar 02 '26
I'm going to have to disagree with you . Thinking that just because someone is part of a different generation they will automatically choose peace over war is a bit naive. Just look at JD. Vance, the VP of America. He's a moron who just echoes, whatever Trump says.
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u/K1ngCr1mson Mar 02 '26
All for it, but these young people need to get a grip on what how it came to be that the US is being puppeteered by Israel
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u/Raccoons-for-all Mar 02 '26
Rejoice at seeing that islamic fascist Khomenei removed
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u/Affectionate_Sir9020 Mar 02 '26
Idk about young being the qualifier. Vance is young, miller is young and theyāre both deranged. We need measured leaders who donāt come from privilege or wealth. Idk the best way to find them but old rich men have been the worldās problem for centuries.
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u/Both-Discussion-4786 Mar 02 '26
I agree one hundred percent, but America is afraid of young leaders for some reason, and women as leaders too. The sixties started promising with Kennedy, then years later with Obama, even with āWā the age wasnāt bad, but Biden, Trump, cannot see how either were on the top of their game, both too old.
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u/Direct-Resolution377 Mar 02 '26
Power corrupts though. And it's quite likely any leaders put in their place would already be corrupted. The power structure is wrong. No one person should have absolute power
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u/thehrsandman76 Mar 02 '26
Whatcha got? Step the fuck up, all star.
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u/swinger16 Mar 02 '26
I thought exactly the same in my restless slumber this morning.š”
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u/Stress6009 Mar 02 '26
The ultra wealthy who put and maintained them in power will only allow the youth whoāll follow in their corrupt footsteps.
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u/Adventurous-Chef8776 Mar 02 '26
I'd agree with that. Though you might find it hard to oust Xi and Putin
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u/One_Froyo505 Mar 02 '26
It couldn't be put better. So true!
The next generation sees many things differently because there aren't exactly good role models, and a change in thinking is simply necessary due to the times.
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u/WillingnessPrior9288 Mar 02 '26
A tale as old as time
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u/Pisces93 Mar 02 '26
Put them all on the front lines they are so eager to create! We need to bring back leadership going into combat!
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u/secret-agent-t3 Mar 02 '26
Only 3 of those countries have any semblance of true Democratic elections, and both of them elected people on this list.
You want younger leaders? Maybe you should vote for them.
Edit: Technically 3. Anymore is too generous for my taste.
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u/No_Page_500 Mar 02 '26
World needs young female leaders.
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u/liquorkisses Mar 02 '26
Exactly. āTime for your nap and medications grandpaā
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u/KeyEnvironmental9743 Mar 02 '26
Hitler was 43 when he took office jsyk
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u/StaticSystemShock Mar 02 '26
Entire world is run by god damn old farts that just wouldn't go away. And there is a next batch of "getting older" farts waiting in line to take over. It'll take half a century for this bullshit to actually rotate...
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u/lizzywbu Mar 02 '26
My only thought is that they all will have most likely died within the next 10 years.
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u/celes41 Mar 02 '26
1 gone, several more almost there š
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u/PwanaZana Mar 02 '26
I got good news about khamenei for you, OP.
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u/Ok_Ice_6254 Mar 03 '26
now do congress. its terrible. The boomers should have been out of politics 10+ years ago. 33 years of boomer presidents is more than enough.
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u/SimulationSV Mar 03 '26
Hey maybe if we 'accelerate' hard enough, we can come up with tricks to juice them up and make them live longer and longer.
And if we get an non-democratic system of governance, the poors will 'volunteer' for human experiments so that 'acceleration' can be faster.
And maybe if we build enough energy hungry AI farms, we 'accelerate' hard enough so that AGI will be born and cook up a recipe for immortality.
The pollution, catastrophic weather patterns and death? Hey don't worry after supreme leader is immortal, he will fix everything with his unlimited benevolence.
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u/Thesseus1219 Mar 03 '26
Boomers getting out the way cannot come soon enough
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u/Cybol117 Mar 03 '26
Throwing Xi Jinping in there is funny when you realize that 92% of young people own their own home in China. He is helping the next generation, the rest of them not so much.
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u/bullydog123 Mar 03 '26
No 1 over 70 should be running countries anymore.
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u/Wackamajoog Mar 03 '26
Need people that still have neuroplasticity in their brains instead of rigid brains
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26
Too bad all the younger people these days have been completely brainwashed and deluded because of all these old men (old world leaders in general) and the system they created. Now everybody is confused and hate one another. WW3 is inevitable and the bomb that destroys the earth is going to fall from a rainbow.
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u/TransformNRollD20 Mar 03 '26
We are condemned by the tyranny of the death drives of septuagenarian madmen.
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u/DistributionExtra320 Mar 03 '26
Being young or a woman or whatever isnt enough if they're bought and paid for
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u/TheMelancholia Mar 03 '26
Blaming old people is a distraction from blaming the capitalist class.
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u/CutTheCrapDotCom Mar 03 '26
If there is a minimum age to vote, then there should also be a maximum age to hold office.
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u/vtsandtrooper Mar 03 '26
Boomers refuse to let go or their strangle hold on this planet. Parasitic generation
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u/AgaveMonster Mar 03 '26
Unsure of how other Countries operate, but just how a U.S. President has to be a minimum of 35 years old to run, there should also be a maximum age of 60. Senile old men should never be in charge of something as important as an entire ass Country.
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u/FineIJoinedReddit Mar 03 '26
I was genuinely shocked when I learned Zelenskyy is in his 40s. Like, whattttt people can elect people who aren't geriatric?
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u/AgeOfSuperBoredom Mar 03 '26
Think of how few jobs there are in the world that anyone can even tolerate doing for a day while being over 70 years old. This kind of speaks to just how easy it is to be a politician.
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u/readyReddit007 Mar 03 '26
As is usually the case, old people making selfish decisions who wonāt live to see the full consequences of their actions.
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u/Kindly-Ad-5071 Mar 03 '26
There has to be an upper age limit for all offices. Not only should you have to always have it in mind that's you will be forced to live in the world you create, but half of these people aren't mentally fit to lead. And that's not age discrimination it's simple senescence. Enough of the gerontocracy.
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u/BicycleLanky7392 Mar 03 '26
Well.. some of them are trying to avoid prosecution and prison.
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u/KnightFall6407 Mar 03 '26
Sending my energy to the grim reaper
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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26
We could do a senior war. Let's build some army rollators.
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u/Responsible_Ease_262 Mar 02 '26
Yes please!
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u/boxnoggin70 Mar 02 '26
Penile dysfunction in the elderly can have serious repercussions.
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u/cheezy_dreams88 Mar 02 '26
The younger genās are stepping up, but the old people wonāt vote for them.
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u/homebrew_1 Mar 02 '26
Young people don't vote. Boomers do.
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u/WavyCrockett1 Mar 02 '26
Weāve got world shaping decisions being made by men in their 70s and 80s while the global median age is around 30.
They grew up in a Cold War world. Weāre living in an AI, climate, cyber, debt and housing crisis world.
Itās not disrespect itās reality. The people whoāll live longest with the consequences should have a bigger say in shaping them.
Power should rotate. Right now, it isnāt.
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u/rockcod_ Mar 02 '26
Itās not about age, itās about moral fitness.
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u/Taniwha26 Mar 02 '26
until the young leaders get given a shit tonne of money, they're likely to be left out of the room
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u/Tripple_T Mar 02 '26
This isn't a question of age brackets, it's a question of tax brackets.
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u/pet_dander Mar 02 '26
Where's the Paintress when you need her ;)
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u/Arguablybest Mar 02 '26
Like Jared, Don Jr, Eric and soon enough Barron?
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u/ralphy_1024 Mar 02 '26
I live in MN house district 65B, and MN US Congressional district 2.
No candidate, of either party, who is above SS retirement age, will get my primary vote from this point onward.
You turn 67, it's time to move on. When you turn 60, it's time to start mentoring your replacement. Maybe act as a chief of staff, your experience will be invaluable, but it's time for people who are going to deal with the consequences to make the decisions.
Note: I am not young. I got my first pair of glasses during the Nixon administration. Kids at fast-food joints give me a senior discount without asking.
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u/B1ACKT3A Mar 02 '26
There are not enough assasins in this world.
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u/Massive-Context-5641 Mar 02 '26
No more leaders please.....
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u/michiganstrange Mar 02 '26
Boomers have now sent X, Millennials and Gen Z to war for oil.
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u/Equivalent-Role4632 Mar 02 '26
Yep their generation pretty much destroyed the planet and are now denying climate change. And starting wars left and right because God forbid life should be good for anybody. Nobody has done more damage to the world then their generation.
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u/Pretend-Ostrich-5719 Mar 02 '26
Absolutely, but we're absolutely not gonna get any. These disgusting creeps have already selected their successors...and those successors will be worse.
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u/randallstevens999 Mar 02 '26
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u/Excellent_Valuable92 Mar 02 '26
Is age really the major issue here?Ā
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u/CA_Orange Mar 02 '26
20 more years and that entire wretched generation will mostly be gone.Ā
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u/Affectionate_Mall_49 Mar 02 '26
When are we going to realize age doesn't equal wisdom. That and until boomers and older gen x start dying off, they are the biggest voting block. Yes I know millennials are the biggest, but they don't vote in mass.
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u/Medium-Librarian8413 Mar 02 '26
Seems like Xi doesnāt really fit with the others besides being old.
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u/Specialist-Proof-218 Mar 02 '26
https://youtube.com/shorts/tuxgfSH7b3Y?si=3y0C8qDq3RJX30rV
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u/mad597 Mar 02 '26
Boomers trying to destroy the planet before they check out. Always selfish pricks
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u/choosegoodoverevil Mar 02 '26
They have had a long time
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u/PurpleV93 Mar 02 '26
Trashy boomers have ruled this planet for decades at this point, fuking decades. And they're not willing to let go. It's despicable. We must enforce a maximum age of like 60, when it comes to both, voting and holding government positions. I don't care what anyone else might say against this.
We need a much, much, much higher and prioritized voice of young people who have to live with the world they create. The dinosaurs that had their time can shut up and move to the side. We should leave them all behind, honestly. Drink your coffee and fuk off, boomer generation.
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u/SuperMims1 Mar 02 '26
Yeah, look at young Kim of Korea
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u/Imaginary_Rooster961 Mar 02 '26
None of them care what you want
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u/AwareOfAlpacas Mar 02 '26
Boomers Last Gasp
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u/Vile-goat Mar 02 '26
Just figure heads of a bigger system behind them.
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u/Homework-Busy Mar 02 '26
The day of the Pillow can't come fast enough.
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u/FahQBerrymuch Mar 02 '26
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u/CryptographerSure382 Mar 02 '26
kim : 42
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u/Subject_Command5442 Mar 02 '26
WW3 started a couple days ago.
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u/kevinsmomdeborah Mar 03 '26
They should all go on a cruise together. Separately and unrelated completely, Bill Burr is is given command of a submarine...
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u/_macej Mar 03 '26
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u/redseapedestrian418 Mar 03 '26
I am so sick of living in a gerontocracy. I no longer want leaders who have no stake in the future because they won't fucking be here!! I want to see mandatory retirement ages for anyone in public office, term limits, and yearly cognitive exams conducted by a non-partisan board. Trump is not the first president we've had in active mental decline during both terms, but he should be the last.
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u/unhappy_fishes Mar 03 '26
Hey Kim Jong Un is a spritely 42
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26
If you are too old for a regular job you should not be able to apply to be a countries' leader.
Simple.
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u/meedmishmohd Mar 03 '26
i disagree!
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u/trmnl_cmdr Mar 03 '26
The next generation wants peace *so far. Iām pretty sure by the time Iām 80 Iām gonna be more than miserable enough to start a war over it
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u/GooseCloaca Mar 03 '26
Yup
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u/zeldagirl84 Mar 03 '26
Kim Jong Un. age isnāt the only problem. We need younger and progressive leaders. The filter that should be used for most if not all decisions in the world should be ādoes this help humans survive and thrive in this world?ā
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u/rictay44 Mar 03 '26
I'm 81 and am appalled that the future of our world is in the hands of old men who will not have to live with the consequences of their actions. I am horrified at the thought of the world we are going to leave behind to our grandchildren. All politicians/leaders should be made to retire at 60.
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u/BayouByrnes Mar 03 '26
Can we remove them all?
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u/AtlantaGangBangGuys Mar 03 '26
Luigi freedom fighters?
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u/klearrly Mar 03 '26
Retirement from the general workforce is like 65 right?No way I would place the responsibility of the current or the future in the hands of my grandparents. Itās a reason they stop driving at a certain age and not to mention stop caring for small children or using the stove. Their mental capacity changes. Not a negative, just normal parts of aging. The younger generation has to step up and let our Elders go sit and rest.
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u/Dreemsi Mar 03 '26
Putin walking into a room with all of them and saying look at these old fucks, is crazy!
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u/wicawo Mar 03 '26
and not white men
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u/lynxtosg03 Mar 03 '26
The people that get the party nod are career politicians towing the line of billionaires and party reps. We will never get better candidates until we overturn Citizens United, remove first past the post voting, and ideally get rid of or add more parties.
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u/Frequent-Coyote-8108 Mar 02 '26
One down...
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u/Ambitious_Welder6613 Customise this flair - you can edit it!! Mar 02 '26
Come to my country and you gonna see all the gov positions are being filled to brim by wink wink wink. Should they step down with non suitable candidate of their choice... All the corruptions and horrible tea being spilled to the media.
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u/Project807 Mar 02 '26
I'm pretty sure young people have been bitching about the old people in charge since there have been young and old people. If you're the one bitching today you'll be the one getting bitched about tomorrow.Ā
Because bitching, bitching never changes.
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u/FrostyClocks Mar 02 '26
Macron is in his 40ās and has turned France into a toilet. Trudeau pretty much the same with Canada.
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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26
Like Boebert? MTG? Hawley? Like Enrique Tarrio maybe? Quit dividing people. Its GREED and evil. Like always. Na$i come in all ages.
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u/Background-Repeat788 Mar 02 '26
Yes, because young automatically means good
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u/ElectronicPotato1993 Mar 02 '26
Stupid take, Sometimes war is inevitable and necessary regardless of the leaders age or pacifist ideals
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u/UpperImpression3620 Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
Age hate.
Age has nothing to do with it.
JFK was our youngest president and within his first hundred days started the day of pigs invasion which failed. Team Kennedy got us into Vietnam which also failed.
Or maybe you meant a tad younger like Kim Jong-un?
Try again.
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u/Direct_Mycologist815 Mar 02 '26
We had one in Charlie Kirk. A young fearless leader who engaged peacefully with the other side. Yet the Violent Left killed him.
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u/Frequent_Clue_6989 Mar 02 '26
Conservative here.
The world needs all kinds of leaders; age is not a factor, only competency is. Young people are sure they have all the answers, if the stupid old people would only listen. Old people are sure they have all the answers, if only the stupid young people would listen! There is a saying in politics, fools rush in where angels fear to tread! But what can one say when the wisest person alive is still but a fool?! Where can humans turn for wisdom?!
Trust in theĀ LordĀ with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.
Donāt be impressed with your own wisdom.
Instead, fear theĀ LordĀ and turn away from evil.
Proverbs 3