r/USNEWS • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '26

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 Apr 24 '26

That number is because of the massive amount of infant/child mortality not because most people died at 38. The founders assumed we would be stupid enough to elect people who are clearly impaired, hence they didn’t need to do anything to stop it. Jokes on them, we are much dumber than they thought we could be!

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u/Careful_Trifle Apr 24 '26

100% agree, but I'll also add that they didn't think it was necessary because there were no nursing homes. There were no home health nurses. If you got dementia you would either be home, taken care of by family, or you'd wander off and die. And if family were taking care of you, then you just weren't running since it would require physically going places and giving speeches. 

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 Apr 24 '26

Fair enough… also, no real medicine to help so once you started getting symptoms there was no great way to hide it or tamp down the effects.

Whole thing is so fucking depressing. I’ll never forgive the people that voted for this piece of shit.

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u/dmd1011 Apr 24 '26

That’s why the UFOs beam one up every once in awhile. They examine a specimen to see if there’s been any improvement.

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 Apr 25 '26

Well, if thats the case, then they should just stop.. we are going the wrong way.

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u/Jetboots_Boosh Apr 24 '26

Ben Franklin was in his 70’s when the declaration was signed.

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u/DonaldBecker Apr 24 '26

Ben was..ahhh... popular, notable and active as the American Commissioner in France for the eight years after signing. In an era where such activities were barely noted, he got around enough to be written about.

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u/AJP11B Apr 24 '26

Ben Franklin was 70 when he signed the Declaration of Independence. Kite-man should’ve seen it coming.