A ballot measure left voters to decide whether 81 is too old for some political jobs. It was one state’s answer to an issue that has been a focus of national debate this election cycle.
Surprisingly based from ND, to be completely honest
You think it’s good to let out-of-touch boomers control the government because we might cure aging soon? Weird take but ok. Also not like if this fantasy scenario happened, the boomers wouldn’t get any more in-touch with reality and make better decisions. Do you have zero faith in anyone younger than 75 making better decisions here?
I don’t want anyone that is out of touch at any age.
Again, if someone is of sound mind and body and has the right platform, I don’t really care what their age is. I think arbitrarily setting an age limit is rather blinkered. I also happen to think setting age minimums may also look rather silly and arbitrary at some future point (assuming a more reliable metric comes about).
If we take someone like Biden, for example, and say, he was given 100 more years of healthspan. Given the arc he’s been on, even as a relative moderate, I’d take that, assuming he’s on a trajectory.
I think ruling out people based on the mere number of times they’ve been around the sun is kind of dumb.
Kind of short sighted, especially as life extension may come online and some age-related diseases may become a thing of the past.
You think it’s good to let out-of-touch boomers control the government because we might cure aging soon? Weird take but ok. Also not like if this fantasy scenario happened, the boomers wouldn’t get any more in-touch with reality and make better decisions. Do you have zero faith in anyone younger than 75 making better decisions here?
I don’t want anyone that is out of touch at any age.
Again, if someone is of sound mind and body and has the right platform, I don’t really care what their age is. I think arbitrarily setting an age limit is rather blinkered. I also happen to think setting age minimums may also look rather silly and arbitrary at some future point (assuming a more reliable metric comes about).
That ain’t happening for a while. When the average age starts hitting the 150s, then maybe the age limit can go up
Sounds like an even better reason to pass the law.
But why though? Suppose someone like Bernie were to be among the first wave of people living way past current life expectancy?
For every Bernie you get 10 Nancy Pelosi. No thanks.
If we take someone like Biden, for example, and say, he was given 100 more years of healthspan. Given the arc he’s been on, even as a relative moderate, I’d take that, assuming he’s on a trajectory.
I think ruling out people based on the mere number of times they’ve been around the sun is kind of dumb.
Hold up, you think I like the idea of Biden being around longer in our politics? Cause I don’t.