80 years old. born before the end of the second world war.
Reminder that the US used to shit on the USSR by calling it a gerontocracy because some leaders were 69~70 years old.
Depressing, climate change-related doomer thought in the spoiler text:
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Back in like 2019-2020, we heard a lot about how we had until the end of the decade to do something about climate change before too much carbon was already baked in. Biden wins, then he will have essentially presided over being president the entire decade and will of course have done nothing about it. Socialism was our only hope anyway, but still… I feel pretty bummed out when I think about that.
‘most important election in our life times, nudge him left, not voting is a vote for fascism,…’ :here-it-comes:
last election i identified as a “democratic socialist” and :i-voted: as “harm reduction”. im gonna get so much shit from libs in my life for not voting this time. but “vote blue no matter who” takes all the power from ur vote bc it doesnt matter what these demons do in office. biden didnt even keep his promise of “nothing will fundamentally change” as we plunge deeper into fascism. im not voting for anyone to the right of bernie. but im preaching to the choir here. just practicing the justifications i have to use to keep the libs from screaming at me
Afroman is on the table. Weed. Sex positive. Reparations. Police reform. National incetives for epic excessive celebrations.
Bernie’s too old, he could die in office if we elected him, the job is too physically demanding, his mind isn’t sharp enough anymore, the Democratic party needs new blood, give others a chance to run, he’s out of touch with young people, he’ll make the US a gerontocracy,
The irony is that Bernie would’ve picked a VP who was actually popular and charismatic so even if he did die in office it would have only solidified the power of the left for up to a decade as long as he made it past the first term
No one likes Brandon or Kamala and all they’ll do is empower the right
Who would that VP have been? AOC? What charismatic socdems are there as an option?
