Are Age Limits for Politicians FINALLY on the way?

Unfortunately this attempt is likely to be blocked by the supreme court, but if enough people get on board we can make it happen in a way they can't block!
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[@doctordetroit9983]

I'm a boomer and I'm all for term and age limits. I would go for 67 being the Mandatory Retirement Age. If you can draw Full Social Security @ 67, then retire (without Federal Benefits - just the same retirement the rest of us gets) and NO sweetheart jobs as a lobbyist. At 67, YOU ARE DONE!

[@speeddemon7678]

A proposal to add-on: A cognative test every 3 months or so for those that want to keep working.

[@de14jabs]

@@speeddemon7678no, they are invalid to effect the future they won't see.

[@masonreppeto882]

Bold of you to assume democracy works.

[@intrance96]

@@masonreppeto882 Let them have their fantasies, its so much cozier.

[@cniht]

I think the last part of your statement is very important. When you 'leave' office, even if you just worked with politicians as an aide, you cannot or should not be able to register as a lobbyist.

[@DouglasIII368]

If there is an age of consent then there should be an age you can't run for office.

[@plumaDshinigami]

No retirement bonuses unless taxpayers get the same, and also set term limits.

[@nightwishfan1991]

I'm still waiting on Senator term limits but I know I'll be dead in the ground before that happens.

[@cniht]

I think we should also move Senators back to being appointed by their state legislatures instead of 'elected' by the public.

[@midgetydeath]

That is a placebo. They’d be replace by the same kind of people.

[@pplebite8844]

Finally, we can actually thank these boomers in government for their stellar display in senility! If it weren't for them, there wouldn't be a push to set these limits.

[@viedralavinova8266]

This needs to apply to EVERYONE in a government office, not just politicians. Age and Term Limits, Physical and Psychological Evaluations all released to the PUBLIC.

[@destinymcintire2188]

I'm glad that term limits are becoming more popular. The dinosaurs can't rot and die in the cushy office anymore and are forced to live in a world shaped by the choices they made while in power. Hope they like rent in the thousands of dollars! :D

[@masonreppeto882]

😂

[@Pennsylvania343]

Considering that the retirement age for the average joe is 65 that should also be the cut off age for politicians to retire

[@dwood78part23]

The issue isn't aging politians, but the voters who keep voting em back in- instead of letting them know that either need to retire on their own or they're not forced out by them.

[@americanskeptic138]

Sadly, most people are too wrapped up in their own lives to even notice what's happening around them...blissful ignorance, I guess 🤷‍♂️

[@GenerationApollo]

Aging politicians are supported by aging voters. Hopefully millennials and zoomers won’t fall into this trap when they’re older.

[@BladeMasterIcarus]

The other problem is that you aren't really being given any choices but choose old politician A or B.

[@oldevilgreendog]

Look at US government now. Majority is anywhere between 65+, (which CAN be fine if person is mentally capable and ACTUALLY useful, but it is not their case), and 80 and have no intention to leave until Satan himself will drag them to hell. It's like there are nobody to chose from. US "democracy" is a biggest pile of shit in the world.

[@ARockRaider]

​@@BladeMasterIcarus This is absolutely the problem, the system for voting is the most simple to the point where it is not fit for purpose. Having something like ranked choice may be much more complex but we can have computers do quick counts that would iron out most of the complexity (in addition to observed hand counting)

[@grayfox6518]

Mitch McConnell and Biden are permanent arguments for why age limits and term limits should be mandatory going forward, revolving door politicians. 55 is honestly a great cutoff limit.

[@BatalionHunter]

"fun" fact, pelosi is 3 years older then biden

[@grayfox6518]

@@BatalionHunter She was third on the list, I just wanted to keep my comment short.

[@Alondro77]

Nah, 55 is too young. I know a TON of people who were going full-burn in their extremely taxing jobs (and often outpacing the lazy modern youth) well into their late 60's. Hell, I'm almost 50 and run rings around these pathetic millennials and Gen Z limp-wristed weaklings. On a simple hike up a small mountain, they're gasping for breath halfway while I'm still jogging up the path to the top! But by 70? Yeah, virtually everyone slows down. At that age, only a tiny fraction of people are able to maintain high activity and mental acuity, and by 75, it's less that one in a thousand who can handle a normal workload. You can't base a government on the hope that you'll always get that diamond in the rough.

[@pattonramming1988]

Yes why did we wait this long? Statecraft is the elderly climbing on the corpses of the young

[@highlordinquisitor4882]

My dad is 80 years old. And the drivers license division makes him test every year to see if he is still there!

[@MagicalMaster]

Term limits!? Please! I hope so. I hope so so much.

[@axelmilan4292]

A good start. Need term limits and need to bar former politicians from acting in any advisory or lobbying role.

[@Ninus316]

Well, I'm 60 and more than coherent; climb up on my roof to clean the gutters, etc., a P&D trucker and gamer since the 70's, but I can see and agree with an upper limit and perhaps lowering the lower limit for Presidents by 5 years. I would still probably put it at 25-65 for anything lower than President, and 30 to 65 or maybe 60 for President. The big problem is with said youngsters getting into Congress, and I think with a little more thought that Raging Boomer Eagle would agree. Look at the youngest members of Congress like "The Squad" and their contemporaries; they are raving lunatics and damn near communist. Can we really afford to allow teens who do have the right to vote to elect their own "just past High School" friends to government? I'm not quite sure that is the greatest idea. At least give them two rounds of Presidential politics to get used to what that means before they jump into the pool, ya know?

[@ca_kay]

30 to 65 should be the case for all positions, including judicial, but only until old age is cured. And voting should require a civics test.

[@DARKthenoble]

Ok but what does it says about you that your spawn is a bunch of raving lunatics? And if you admit that the melting pot theory clearly didn't work. Then you gotta admit that you probably should have done something more drastic before Americans got to a point where they are doomed to be a complete minority in their own country and not afterwards when it looks like now we will be lucky if they don't load us all up onto traincars and ship us off to eastern Europe. Because in my eyes this nation is ending at 2030. @Ninus literally everything your parents did to get out of the great depression has been banned. Like I picked up bootstraps at an estate sale. I got to the point where I could save myself but it is borderline completely illegal for me to help anyone else out in any meaningful way. We can't form right wing haitan esk shack colonies, and work our way up, because they've been banned.

[@DatAsianGuy]

@@ca_kay Yeah, the ideal age is someone old enough to have enough life experience, but also young enough, so they can be versatile in talking to the different demographics. young, old, middle-aged, etc. politicians too old often have a hard time realizing how bad it actually is on the streets and politicians too young often don't have the practical or even theoretical knowledge to fix issues t hat plague society. In general, the issue is that it seems a great many politicians seem rather uneducated in the field of politics, economics and so on, areas important to leading a successful country.

[@Alondro77]

How about an IQ limit? Anyone under my intelligence can't run for any office! (This guarantees that Lord Alondro reigns supreme!) I HAVE A DUMB HIGH 189IQ!!! (Alondro jumps all over Whoopie Goldberg's couch, cuz he's high on the drug known as Alondro!)

[@Shadeamous]

This goes into effect nationwide i wont be able to be president of the 2077 meme year cause ill be 82

[@GriggsDeMagus]

If you're old enough to retire, you have no business being in a position to pass legislature that'll affect people decades younger than you.

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Even then, psycho health should be important on people too.

[@MrBentham]

I can see this being a new Amendment, also voting should go back to how it was before, owning land and make it a higher age.

[@pattonramming1988]

Also bar divorced women and those with children from multiple fathers

[@commanderrexaur3659]

Owning land? Then the power goes right back to corporations

[@davidford3115]

@@commanderrexaur3659 Yeah, I am not a fan of feudalism either. But I WOULD support "service guarantees citizenship". You want to vote; you have to serve and be HONORABLY discharged. Medical discharges under honorable conditions would fall into that same category.

[@MrBentham]

@commanderrexaur3659 hmm I guess the whole "corporations are people too" would have to be looked at again.

[@AnimeboyUltimate-pp4mc]

The rest of America should do this too

[@LeeroyPorkins]

Make sure they don't get retirement benefits too

[@WieldingEminator]

"Boinging Sanders"... now that's sticking with me!

[@lekanraposte6732]

I'd put an upper limit at 65 years old, but i'd also impose a 2 terms limit. No matter the position.

[@commanderrexaur3659]

Remember, the 2 term president was honorary until it was placed into law. I saw that quite a few career politicians died in office so I wouldn't mind that upper age limit

[@Warfrae]

Doubt it, if anything their find a way around them.

[@dsadik666]

I agree. the age on it should be 65. Americans don't live a healthy lifestyle or live that long so 60-65 must be the limit to run or hold public office.

[@capo4270]

This is long LOOOONNNNNGGGGGG Overdue

[@damiencrossley7497]

IF it passes I hope it opens doors in Canada too!

[@arcburn6340]

Need term limits too

[@Zacian2.0]

TBH, I would limit it to somewhere in the 60s. My parents are 60 and the only reason they know anything tech is due to my dad's job focusing on software and hardware.

[@MetaLord395]

Maybe ask Potatus Brandon.

[@luissemedo3597]

Presisent Of The Absolutely Trainwrecked United States

[@thegeneralscall]

A representative should be representative of the adult population in that society. Not the elderly. To care as much about people going through life and not people going out.

[@Zacian2.0]

Yay, we can get some people in who are not one foot into the grave!!!

[@lindthechaoticheretic8708]

I've yet to talk to a person over 50, no matter which side of the political spectrum they are on, who doesn't agree that there should be an age limit in any government position.

[@Ghalion666]

Im mostly for this but I feel like the sentiment is partially held by people trying to claim orange man and Brandon are equally bad using age as a scapegoat. I think it would be better to make it so you had to take a PUBLICLY VIEWED cognitive test, as well as an IT proficiency exam, or whatever newer comes along that replaces IT so that people dont make laws that are completely out of touch with the times.

[@Mecks089]

Seeing the irony of Sumireko again, but Goddamn that series was such a let down in the end.

[@xerokitsune]

Further in the village elder, most of the time this model was from before much of our current health care. So many older village elders would have been in their late 40s early 50s.

[@davidford3115]

Average life expectancy was because the young often died before age 30. Provided you made it to 30, unless there was a war, one could reasonably expect to live to be 80 years old. ALL of my male ancestors made it to their mid 80s before suffering a massive stoke working in their vegetable garden,

[@kon-lun-os-kuh-pee571]

72 but only if you turn during your term

[@pauljs75]

Throwing sortition into the mix for candidates going on the ballot would shake things up in an interesting way too. Why not have representatives be representative of the population in some voting district?

[@davidford3115]

Yeah, there are too many representatives who don't actually LIVE in the district they represent. In Indiana we call it the Richard Lugar Problem.

[@jamoecw]

Damn, good point. We need more 15 year olds representing CA.

[@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2]

Nope. That's absolutely fucking stupid. We have grown ass adults and old folks acting like high school girls in power right now. Last thing we need is actual high schoolers in charge of the country.

[@davidford3115]

The young are who have created the mess in Kleprofornia. They keep voting for the communists in power.

[@philosopherkingzant2037]

The cutoff age should be the social security age Or for a fair trade, cutoff social security for no age limits The ideal combination for USA minus 600 people or so is obvious

[@davidford3115]

I tend to agree. If you take SSI, you lose the right to vote. There is a perverse incentive that people receiving it get to vote on increasing it regardless of how much it takes from the working young (look at South Korea and Japan).

[@merafirewing6591]

This is what the United States government desperately needs.

[@DJ239]

Boomers and Silent Gen have wasted enough of the younger gens time and best years at this point. Term limits for Christ's sake. They shouldn't get paid full six figure salaries while they sit in wheelchairs disconnected.

[@davidford3115]

Silent Generation was before WW2. I think you mean "The Greatest Generation", ie the folks who cause Boomers to be so entitled and corrupt. Yes they won WW2, but then they ruined the generation they raised.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

When voters are so ridiculous that you have to take away their right to elect an octogenarian, you have already proved that letting everyone vote is folly.

[@jrr2480]

I think 🤔 it's more of a health problem than an age problem. There are some WWII veterans who are of good health and mental capabilities that are now in their 100s.

[@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2]

I agree. I think instead of an age limit, there needs to be a cognitive and maturity limit. Which should be done via a monthly cognitive test and constitution test. Where you have to score a high level or else you are in risk of losing your position. I would also say in case a congress member was having an off day when they had the scheduled test, they can re-take it. But they have that month to re-take the test. If they refuse to re-take it, then next month if they do not score the required amount they are out. If they re-take the test and still score low, they are out. Also, 100% need term limits. I say 2 terms, 4 years each. Just like the president. Except a member of Congress can serve more than two terms *IF AND ONLY IF* they are voted in by their constituents with no lower than 90% support and have at least an 85% approval rating.

[@jrr2480]

We definitely need a term limit for all politicians and other people who are voted into office 🏢 Also, none voted in staff must be determined by the new voted in official to be kept or let go, no unfireable staff, unless it says otherwise in the Constitution.

[@GURGLEGUY12345]

Best news you've heard in _ages,_ RGE?

[@NicholasLandry-ho2fs]

Oh, I see what you did there. "Ages". Nice pun.

[@GURGLEGUY12345]

@@NicholasLandry-ho2fs Thank you.

[@Mister-Six]

Bernie "Bread Lines Are A Good Thing" Sanders No reeeefunds

[@GenerationApollo]

Beautiful! I totally support this!

[@kitty13kitty]

Oh how I agree, but instead of necessity of a politician, our times are too good and allow this to happen. By the time I am done... College, Family, Career, Debt and establishing retirement... I am going to be retiring. Youngest will leave highschool and I will turn 63. Good times mean I wait till I have enough free time to step up. Those hard times bring with them the necessity.

[@blazikeaton7478]

the only people against term and age limits are people whove been in office longer than ive been alive 100% support from me for this

[@Hyperencrpted12345]

Wait, someone actually put an upper limit for Congress? Never thought I would see that happen.

[@SnakePlissken98]

The age limit for "everybody" in Federal, State, and Local government needs to be 30 - 50. No more than 20 years.

[@kejaris949]

I would top it off at 60 for the POTUS, House & Senate, Governors, Mayors, all Judges from the Supreme Court all the way down to local town judges. Also all of those positions should be have term limits like the President.

[@joesomebody3365]

Good video. Thanks RGE.

[@redfather5342]

Idk ask Joe

[@Ninus316]

I would comment on that but I dont think Brandon would understand unless he got some ice cream.

[@mikeynth7919]

An age limit for Congress or the presidency would require a constitutional amendment.

[@serpentinious7745]

If the term window is too short, however, then politicians will never need to face the consequences of their actions (not that they do currently). They'll just push whatever short sighted policies that make voters feel good and then be out of office before the consequences arrive. Granted, this is pretty much what they do currently, but the more road blocks we put in own own way now the less of a chance we'll have at fixing the issue.

[@ceoatcrystalsoft4942]

Dont forget that our Founding Fathers were teens and twenties mostly

[@davidford3115]

Twenties and Thirties, not teens. While teens were fighting in the revolution, the youngest member of the delegations who signed America's Founding documents was 24.

[@Dark-kz2bq]

Finally some old farts have an incentive to retire.

[@redseagaming7832]

Honestly, there should be no age limits. What I suggest is sanity test. They are to be tested to see.If they are competent enough to still run for office To make sure anybody with dementia does not achieve public office

[@psluxton]

The problem with term limits/age limits is that they will employ "proxies" and demand DOUBLE WAGES so the proxy gets paid bank, the person being proxied gets bank, and the public have to fund it all! 😮‍💨0

[@Alondro77]

1:15 Also, the 'elders' of the village were usually in their 60's. Living into your 80's back then was extremely rare. Average life expectancy even 200 years ago, assuming you survived childhood, was late 40's to early 50's. Just find an old graveyard with legible headstones, and you can see there were very few OLD people.

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

Better ask Brandon.

[@avaxasirvina6740]

Second way is to have it approved by a convention of states. I think the age limit should be 65.

[@giovannigiorgio831]

When you’re pushing 80, you should be deep in retirement, not running for state office.

[@Nagalior]

I've been saying this, nobody under 40 or above 65 should be in politic. Not under 40 because you probably haven't had enough life experience with most aspect of society; Not above 60 because consequence from decisions you make only affect everyone who come after you. And most important, NO GOLDEN PARACHUTE! You can only get your parachute if you did your FULL TERM

[@Twilightiger96]

*Are Age Limits for Politicians FINALLY on the way?* For their sake, and ours, we better hope so, otherwise these next few years are going to get _very painful._

[@Alondro77]

I simply think term limits solves everything. Combined time in Congress, House and Senate, capped at 24 years for each individual. Then they can all battle for the Presidency, the only position they can still run for, which will mean lots of infighting... which is good for us!

[@onithedemonslayer3142]

I think 65 should be the cut off age because that's when you can get social security.

[@davidford3115]

And those who receive SSI should not be allowed to vote either. It is a perverse incentive that the people who receive it vote to increase it regardless of the cost to the working young(Japan and South Korea are why this doesn't work).

[@Rheyndraziel]

I heard that this needs to be voted on in congress, as it is federal law, so it means that what they did has no weight .

[@nanya524]

Not for this.

[@davidford3115]

@@nanya524 Yes and no. The states run the elections. But the Constitution sets the eligibility. The question is, can the state further limit eligibility?

[@wilberwhateley7569]

I prefer getting rid of the political class entirely - disband the state and return all political power to the local levels!

[@joatmon6132]

There's one and only one problem. It's unconstitutional.

[@serpentinious7745]

Also, "old age" 2000 years ago was we consider middle age now.

[@davidford3115]

Yes and no. If one made it to 30 years of age, they could reasonably expect to live to 80. The reason why the AVERAGE age of death was so low is a result of plagues and accidents killing the young before they reached 30.

[@WickedParanoid]

Am I supposed to be sad for troons, lol? Not happening. Actions, meet consequences.

[@ChaosDarkLight]

I would take Vivek's suggestion, make the current politicians immune to term limits, only impose them on new people. That's a pretty good compromise

[@monarchtherapsidsinostran9125]

Holy my state did something rational yet again. I'm so happy i came from somewhere actually rational. The rest of america scared tf out of me with how violently irrational some people are.

[@totalmockery3639]

2 days late to this party. However I agree with this 100%. However my idea on this initially is to have term caps on the house of representatives and the senate. However, yeah, we would need to create a massive push to get that sort of amendment into the constitution.

[@alexanderwsm6296]

2:46 You DO know that they are trying to lower age limits for voting and entering politics too, right? :P

[@jasonjameson1672]

67 if have to work and pay taxes. I get to run for office

[@davidford3115]

I don't have a problem with that. So long as you are not collecting SSI, I have no issues with you running for office. It is a perverse incentive that people who collect SSI also vote on it. Look at Japan and South Korea to see why this is a bad idea.

[@SageofCancer]

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[@Sethoshini95]

55? I get the idea, but that's WAY too low... make it retirement age

[@serpentinious7745]

*Idea for a Contributor-Based Suffrage System* (critiques welcome, but please finish reading 1st as I do acknowledge various flaws myself) Replacement for universal suffrage. Right to vote restricted to citizens with full-time employment and those receiving retirement benefits. Even full-time employment only counts if they are not also receiving welfare. Allowances made for partial unemployment during the year (such as due to injury), but a limit would need to be put on how long unemployment can last before voting rights are suspended. You can not vote while you or anyone in your household is drawing from welfare, even if employed. My recommendation for this would be that the business have a valid license, and the household's combined earnings for the year must exceed their welfare draw. Ex felons who have maintained full-time employment for a minimum period may have voting rights reinstated. Voting rights may be extended to a single documented spouse regardless of if said spouse is employed (to avoid discouraging 2 parent single earner households, which are proven better for children). Voting eligibility to be reevaluated annually from tax filings by automation to prevent human tampering. Automation must be kept up to date and evaluated by a bipartisan 3rd party annually. Its rulings should be final and can not be overruled on an individual basis. If problems are suspected, then the algorithm must be corrected and rerun for ALL citizens to prevent election tampering. ◇Objective◇ This system is intended to stop politicians taking advantage of people, keeping them dependent on welfare to secure votes. They can't just pretend to help people while feeding them propaganda because, no matter what they make the downtrodden believe only those that have successfully gotten on their feet get to vote. This encourages politicians to find methods that actually work in order to expand their voter base. It takes much of the power out of virtue signaling and demographic warfare by ensuring that results matter more than words. The hope for such a system is not to keep people from the polls but rather to get as many people on their feet and in the voting booths as possible by exploiting the best interests of politicians. ◇Why Not Test Voters?◇ Issue tests are subject to the biases of the test makers. It's far too easy for "doesn't agree with me" to be misconstrued as "doesn't understand the issue." Plus, most people don't have the time to dive deep into every issue, which is why we have specialists represent our interests in the first place. As for IQ tests, intelligence is not an indicator of understanding or sound judgment. Experience is often far more valuable when deciding a course of action. This is why I've selected employment as the most objective & transparent measure to ensure that potential voters both have experience with how society works and a vested interest in keeping things working by having something they've invested in to lose. ◇Positives◇ ▪︎Eliminates incentives for politicians to invite hordes of unemployable migrants to their districts since the unemployed can't be used to secure votes anymore. Migrants would still be welcome, but only to the point that they don't become a burden. If politicians want to take in more people than can be employed, they'll have to do it out of the goodness of their heart, not as tools to secure more power. ▪︎Forces politicians to look for solutions that work instead of just things that make them sound good. ▪︎Welfare should gradually get brought back under control since only people not receiving it have voting power. This should get around the issue predicted by Alexander Tytler that "a democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury" which we are seeing in action under the current system. Human empathy should keep benefits from decreasing too fast or too much. ▪︎Allowing ex felons a path back to suffrage encourages politicians to find rehabilitation programs that work because doing so expands their voter base. ◇Negatives◇ ▪︎Would lead to an increase in tax fraud and fake business fronts, especially by politicians. Needs a way to stop politicians from "hiring" large numbers of people for their votes. Ensuring that they can't be drawing from welfare at the same time should help a little by making it much more expensive to the politician, but more measures would still be needed. ▪︎Disincentivises startup businesses since they can take years to turn a profit, and thus, owners don't pay income tax until they're able to start claiming a paycheck. Disincentive could be countered by offering a temporary reprive for filing a new business license. ▪︎Will require legislation to determine when personal start-up businesses count as employment. Too loose and voter fraud will run rampant, too strict, and it'll discourage new businesses from opening. I recommend that any business with a valid business license be counted as legitimate. ▪︎Relies on a complex system working properly for people to renew their voting rights. ▪︎Could lead to an imbalance if the politicians in power don't try to expand their voter base and new politicians can't convince voting citizens to support policies to get others on their feet. The risk of this should be fairly low since non-voters would still draw welfare, making them a drain on the working class. ▪︎Difficulty in defining households. One or more people could contribute to the house with welfare without being declared a part of the household. To limit this, welfare needs to be capped so that no one person can draw more than should be necessary to support their declared household.

[@shishoka]

As long as it is done with a constitutional amendment then it is fine.

[@jamiesiple7703]

that makes sense to me and i am older too i do not run for political

[@Alondro77]

55 is too low. If you take care of yourself, you can go full-tilt until you hit 70. Then stuff just starts to break down, no matter what. You can still feel good at 70, but from my observations of hundreds of people around me I've known since childhood, even the healthiest visibly begin to slow around 70. So, age limit of 70 to run for office sounds good to me. That would put the oldest person ever in office to be 76 for a Senator's last term. And by 76, almost no one can handle a full-time job anyway. At that point, it's just cherry-picking that one spry elderly person out of the other 100 who need to nap every day.

[@jacobbowman2964]

Fuck age limits what about term limits?

[@GeoFry3]

2000 years ago, the "elders" of the village were in their 40-50s. Maybe their 60's. Hardly anyone made it to 80+.

[@davidford3115]

Actually, many people DID make it to their 80s. The life expectancy was in the 40-50s because average age of death factored in people dying before 30 from disease and poor nutrition. And Wars.

[@GeoFry3]

@davidford3115 less than 1% males were making it to 80 in Roman times. That is not "many." (1 out of 1000) For the vast rest of the world, that number was much lower.

[@davidford3115]

@@GeoFry3 Again, one needs to look at the factors. First, Romans used Lead as a sweetener. Also, the pipes were often made of lead. Those who didn't partake lasted longer. Secondly, the Roman citizens (ie the elites) lived better lives than the slaves and free men who lived comparably more difficult lives. Free men lived longer than slaves, and Roman Citizens lived longer than the common free man. All of this supports my point. And many of these same these factors also come into play when you look at other societies.

[@GeoFry3]

@davidford3115 you don't have a point. The point is that people who are mentally incompetent or insulated from normal society should not have political power over the majority. Aka the elderly.

[@davidford3115]

@@GeoFry3 I did have a point, but because you can't defend your position, you engage in goalpost moving (logical fallacy). While I am all for mental competency tests, to just blanket claim that hardly anyone made it to their 80s ignores just how many of the signers of America's founding documents actually DID make it to that age. What separates then from now is that they were willing to step aside and let go of power, something the current "rulers" refuse to do.

[@kyoujinko]

Biden really has made some big changes

[@masterofinfinity479]

WHY DID WE HAVE THIS FROM THE START?

[@Raximus3000]

People used to not live that long.

[@davidford3115]

@@Raximus3000 Actually they did. The life expectancy was in the 40s because people would die before age 30 from disease, accidents, or war.

[@Raximus3000]

@@davidford3115 Yeah, it was a lottery. Most would not be that lucky. Be it diseace, injury or being mindcrafted people had a tendency to die earlier.

[@michaelmutranowski123]

USA was founded in 1776 therefore all politicians should retire at age 76

[@mathiask7959]

Limit congress to 10 terms max(20years) and senate to 3 terms max(18 years)

[@JK-mp1mg]

Too long. 10 years for reps, 12 years for senate. That gives 22 years of fucking things up barring Presidential terms. Maybe impose a hard max of 25 years in politics period?

[@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2]

I would say limit Congress and the Senate to 2 terms max (each term is 4 years). However, they may serve more than 2 terms *IF AND ONLY IF* their approval rating is no lower than a 90% and they are voted in by their constituents by no less than 90% support. But there should also be an age limit for that, too. If they are over 60, even if they have over 90% approval rating and 90% support they may not serve another term. Also, make sure that if someone is elected for more than a second term that the votes are looked under a microscope for anything suspicious. If there is even the scent of rigging from the candidate, suspend their power until an investigation is conducted. If nothing is found, they may serve however long it took to conduct the investigation more and reinstate their power. If it is clear they were involved in rigging, immediate removal, new elections held, and criminal charges for election rigging.

[@EvilLron]

Fuck KZbin! RGE rules!

[@Unknown_User174]

RGE you better have that post about anime and manga becoming DEI by tomorrow.😠

[@leejee88]

while at it lets raise the voting age to 30

[@gc3k]

I'm conflicted because I'm really not against old leaders with wisdom to counter naive youth optimism... but I just can't stand American boomers, their upbringing and perspective is built on most of the world in postwar shambles, and they have almost no experience with America facing serious foreign competition. However, America did elect a Generation X president, and those years flipped American society on its head, regardless of whether his administration was responsible, the why is debatable but the when is absolutely not. I'd rather have a president in his 60s with a qualified administration in their 20s-50s who are aligned with the president's traditional worldview

[@pegeta]

Joe Biden?

[@Unknown_User174]

And Donald Trump! Both of them wanna destroy video games and anime and manga! That’s why Republicans and Democrats are corrupted.

[@mrosengren4130]

While Trump has some flaws, he at least was willing to take the mental competency test, while Biden has been kept away from it. After a point, they need to step down. Term limits make a good amount of sense, and establish that they can't just have being re-elected as their primary occupation.

[@tomaszszupryczynski5453]

boomers or jews

[@pattonramming1988]

Why are we allowing them to bleed us dry

[@davidford3115]

Jews are not the problem. Antisemitism is not a good look.

[@originalgreatdouchebag2866]

*Stalin* x43 there are term limits 4 terms 6 years they just ignore it but its in there x4 *the current dictator* x2