A recent health scare for Mitch McConnell has raised concerns about the age of America’s politicians.

  • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “Voters weigh in”

    You mean like how they do every other November? When they put those geezers in office?

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      1 year ago

      People tend to just vote for the incumbent, which is how we’ve got senators so old they’re stroking out on camera and have conservators, because they refuse to yield power or retire. This is why we need term limits.

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        1 year ago

        If not term limits we really should have age maximums to go with the minimums that already exist. People over 70 shouldn’t be making policy decisions they likely won’t be alive to see tye affects of.

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        1 year ago

        That’s just lazy and not a good excuse IMO. If people actually wanted change they would fight for it.

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          That’s the thing. Most people don’t. Most people are actually fine with the status quo, and figure their district is doing ok, so leave it as-is. Folks tend to think it’s other places that are the problem.

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          1 year ago

          People don’t want change. They want stability and to not starve. If those two qualifiers are met then voters don’t really care what the government does and they’re not inclined to vote incumbents out.

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          1 year ago

          Many people have simply given up. They see the government as trash with nothing that can be done to change it.