And mandatory retirement ages work both to ensure continued competence and to clear the way for new people to assume those positions, rather than have the same people in charge forever with no succession planning.
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Forget it, man. You are arguing with Diane Feinstein’s biggest fan. This guy loves seeing abused elderly people being used by their staff.
aug 30, 2025, 2:59 pm • 0 0 • view
If the Democrats had a culture where Tina Smith wasn't an outlier I could be skeptical of mandatory retirement; but folks just don't want to leave power, and they aren't fostering the next generation. It should be a party level policy, though, not law.
aug 30, 2025, 2:24 pm • 14 1 • view
The party is captured by the doddering geriatrics. Loyalty and seniority-worship factor in way more than the good of the party.
aug 30, 2025, 5:15 pm • 0 0 • view
But the party has manifestly failed to make said policy, so I'm fine with putting it into law. If the constitution can specify that you can't run for office when you're too young, no reason it shouldn't do so when you're too old.
aug 30, 2025, 2:35 pm • 11 0 • view
like the reason why people stay in office so long is that single winner districts and first past the post sucks they make it harder to break into politics, like mandatory retirements in non physical labor intensive jobs are ageist. the problem is that we age at different rates.
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