Past their prime...

DanaC · 07-03-2015, 10:13 AM

There's an aspect of this thread I find uncomfortable. Someone being irrelevant I can go with. Someone being in office for a long time and feeling like it's their God-given personal fiefdom, unaccountable to the electorate, I can go with. But there's an assumption that seems to be made about age in this context that I don't like.

Griff · 07-03-2015, 10:15 AM

Actually, I'm a Bernie Sanders booster so I'm cool with age as long as the mindset is relevant.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2015, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Actually, I'm a Bernie Sanders booster so I'm cool with age as long as the mindset is relevant.

Hear hear, but I'm afraid congress would shut him down if he tried to do anything he wants to.

Griff · 07-03-2015, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

There's an aspect of this thread I find uncomfortable. Someone being irrelevant I can go with. Someone being in office for a long time and feeling like it's their God-given personal fiefdom, unaccountable to the electorate, I can go with. But there's an assumption that seems to be made about age in this context that I don't like.

Looking through the nominees, I'd say Lamps has mostly identified people whose thinking is not of this age. They are still relevant to the electorate because only retired people vote, but I think he was mostly fair about that.

sexobon · 07-03-2015, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

... But there's an assumption that seems to be made about age in this context that I don't like.

Not likely considering who started the thread: it would be a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.

Sundae · 07-05-2015, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

There's an aspect of this thread I find uncomfortable. Someone being irrelevant I can go with. Someone being in office for a long time and feeling like it's their God-given personal fiefdom, unaccountable to the electorate, I can go with. But there's an assumption that seems to be made about age in this context that I don't like.

It's odd, because I thought this too.
I didn't comment because it's not my field of play - I know little to nothing about those named.

I'm pleased that people I trust on here (which is most Dwellars TBH) have clarified the issue.

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