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592 sats \ 5 replies \ @tnuts420 29 Sep 2023 \ on: The Legacy of Feinstein bitcoin
i don't care what your personal politics are, i think we can all agree we shouldn't have 90 year old senators passing away while still in office. we are increasingly a country governed by geriatrics, and it should be no surprise these people don't have a good grasp of current technologies.
as far as millionaire senators go, it would be much quicker to count those that aren't than those that are. don't get me wrong, it's still disgusting, but it's also pretty much par for the course, on both sides of the aisle.
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118 sats \ 3 replies \ @PlebeiusG 29 Sep 2023
Yes - this is my point.
Why the fuck are VERY VERY OLD people running the country!? ( I understand many staffers are young and we can debate on 'who' runs 'what' as staffers are pulling much of the weight.. )
Most people in their 40s and 50s can't even understand modern tech, let along a 90 year old! That really matters...
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12 sats \ 2 replies \ @029fd47a78 29 Sep 2023
The voices of the very old should still be heard though. They have a perspective we will never have and grew up in a very different world to today's youth.
Should they be running things? Probably not. Should they have a say to some extent in government? I'd say yes.
Obviously they are heavily over-represented at the moment while other age ranges have barely any representation (where are the 20yo senators!)
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61 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 29 Sep 2023
It's not just age. Most people will accept an old politician if they are still capable. But by the last few years Dianne Feinstein has been downright incapacitated... not remembering where she was or what she was doing, having to have staffers remind her how to vote, even in her personal life she ceded power of attorney to her daughter. So she knows she wasn't well enough to handle her personal affairs, yet she isn't willing to step down from power and wants to keep handling the affairs of the country?
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12 sats \ 0 replies \ @DeltaClimbs 30 Sep 2023
Actually the "voices" of no one should be heard and none should be subject to the tyranny of "being governed".
The voices of voluntary customers being listened to tends to lead to successful enterprises.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @brianh 29 Sep 2023
Exactly my thought! She was born before the Golden Gate Bridge was built in San Francisco and when segregation was still legal in the US. I can't believe we have these dinosaurs running our country today
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