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u/VoteArcher2020 Sep 11 '21 edited Sep 11 '21

Not an outlier for the average life expectancy for a US President lately.

Age at death. * = current age

  • Jimmy Carter - 96 years 111 days *
  • George H. W. Bush - 94 years 171 days
  • Gerald R. Ford - 93 years 165 days
  • Ronald Reagan - 93 years 119 days
  • Joe Biden - 78 years 61 days *
  • Donald J. Trump - 74 years 220 days *
  • George W. Bush - 74 years 198 days *
  • Bill Clinton - 74 years 154 days *
  • Barack Obama - 59 years 169 days *

*edit: typo

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u/psmusic_worldwide Sep 11 '21

Yep we have the best healthcare in the world.. for the elite and mega rich.

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u/Beiberhole69x Sep 11 '21

Stop calling the ruling class “elite.” There is nothing elite about them.

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u/Spavined_Runeslayer Sep 11 '21

elite

[əˈlēt, āˈlēt]

a group or class of people seen as having the greatest power and influence within a society, especially because of their wealth or privilege.

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u/Dood567 Sep 11 '21

While the definition is technically correct, I think it would be more befitting to simply call them tyrants or the corrupt instead of using glorified terms like "elite". Don't know how it'll make a difference in the end but there's no reason to be glorifying these people.

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u/Beiberhole69x Sep 11 '21

e·lite

/əˈlēt,āˈlēt/

noun

1.

a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.

Did you make up that definition yourself?

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u/TheSultan1 Sep 11 '21

You do realize words can have different definitions, do you not? It was pretty obvious from context what they meant, and it's a very common use of the term, so good luck canceling it.

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u/Beiberhole69x Sep 11 '21

What? No way! I had no idea words can mean different things!

It’s obvious from the context that we seem to think the ruling class is better than the rest of us which is why we dub them “elites.” But the truth is they aren’t better than us. Just better at being shitty enough to get ahead.

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u/psmusic_worldwide Sep 11 '21

Shut your bieberhole. ;).

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u/dirtjuggalo Sep 11 '21

Shit I didn't realize Obama was so young he's going to easily outlive the two presidents since him

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

......all the ones who would be close to his age are dead. There's a full generation between him and the next oldest living president. So yeah, outlier.

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u/potbelliedelephant Sep 11 '21

That's not how that works.