#gerontocracy — Public Fediverse posts

Ah, the riveting tale of *America's Geezer Mafia*! 🧓🇺🇸 Who knew the secret to solving a #gerontocracy was hidden behind a paywall? 🤑🔒 But don't worry, Harpers' new sign-in system is here to save the day! 🙄✨
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/05/the-old-guard-samuel-moyn-gerontocracy/ #HarpersSignIn #Paywall #Solutions #SecretSociety #HackerNews #ngated

The Old Guard: Confronting America's Gerontocratic Crisis

https://harpers.org/archive/2026/05/the-old-guard-samuel-moyn-gerontocracy/

#HackerNews #OldGuard #Gerontocracy #AgingCrisis #PoliticalChange #FutureLeadership

The Old Guard: Confronting America's Gerontocratic Crisis

https://harpers.org/archive/2026/05/the-old-guard-samuel-moyn-gerontocracy/

#HackerNews #OldGuard #Gerontocracy #AgingCrisis #PoliticalChange #FutureLeadership

The Old Guard: Confronting America's Gerontocratic Crisis

https://harpers.org/archive/2026/05/the-old-guard-samuel-moyn-gerontocracy/

#HackerNews #OldGuard #Gerontocracy #AgingCrisis #PoliticalChange #FutureLeadership

The Old Guard: Confronting America's Gerontocratic Crisis

https://harpers.org/archive/2026/05/the-old-guard-samuel-moyn-gerontocracy/

#HackerNews #OldGuard #Gerontocracy #AgingCrisis #PoliticalChange #FutureLeadership

The Old Guard: Confronting America's Gerontocratic Crisis

https://harpers.org/archive/2026/05/the-old-guard-samuel-moyn-gerontocracy/

#HackerNews #OldGuard #Gerontocracy #AgingCrisis #PoliticalChange #FutureLeadership

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-screamed-aides-missing-pilots-iran-b2960603.html

To borrow an apparently controversial word, this motherfucker is unfit.

#trump #uspol #billionaire #fascism #cleptocracy #gerontocracy

Once again, there is no telling whether President Trump is actually losing it, or whether he is simply doubling down on his serial narcissism and blatant disregard for the truth. Either way, his allies risk propping up a leader whose poor cognition will eventually be on full display to everyone's embarrassment ... just like his predecessor, Joe Biden.

https://reason.com/2026/04/14/trumps-reaction-to-the-jesus-flap-compounds-concerns-about-his-mental-acuity/

#DonaldTrump #AIslop #blasphemy #Christianity #dementia #gerontocracy #Jesus #narcissism #sacrilege #socialMedia

One of the problems with #American pseudo-democracy is that it's a #gerontocracy - rule by the old. The average #Congresscritter is late-middle-age, and the average #Senator is dead. Young people are frustrated at their lack of voice.

#Canada isn't nearly as bad, but I fear it could trend in the same direction, so I've been thinking about solutions to the problem. I think I've got one that's better than the oft-floated fix of just imposing term limits on #elected office, because you'll probably still be first electing middle-aged people.

Instead, for each chamber, set a ceiling *average* age for members of that chamber. Maybe for the Canadian House of #Commons and the US House of #Representatives you want something like 40, while permitting the #Senate of each to be the "older, wiser house of sober second thought" by setting a number like 50.

Each day, the system automatically calculates the average age of members in that class, to account for birthdays etc. If birthday(s) suddenly push that average above the ceiling value, the oldest person in that class is automatically dismissed, leaving the position vacant to be filled by by-election / special election. Repeat until ceiling value achieved.

Here's the important bit: anyone turfed automatically this way does not receive a pension or other benefits; they're just gone. This gives them the incentive to resign before automatic expulsion; otherwise there's no reason for them to do so.

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#Pol #USPol #CanPol

Sherrod Brown’s decision to run for Senate in Ohio excites Democrats, transforming a tough race into a real opportunity—despite concern from those who want to see new, younger leadership in the party. Brown, 72, joins other senior Democrats pitched for key races, highlighting the party’s struggle to balance generational change with proven vote-getters—especially as flipping the Senate is a steep 2026 goal. Will frustration with Trump’s second term and familiar faces like Brown be enough for Democrats in battleground states? Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/democrats-old-2026/683891/? #SherrodBrown #Ohio #Democrats #Senate2026 #gerontocracy #elections

Sherrod Brown’s decision to run for Senate in Ohio excites Democrats, transforming a tough race into a real opportunity—despite concern from those who want to see new, younger leadership in the party. Brown, 72, joins other senior Democrats pitched for key races, highlighting the party’s struggle to balance generational change with proven vote-getters—especially as flipping the Senate is a steep 2026 goal. Will frustration with Trump’s second term and familiar faces like Brown be enough for Democrats in battleground states? Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/democrats-old-2026/683891/? #SherrodBrown #Ohio #Democrats #Senate2026 #gerontocracy #elections

Sherrod Brown’s decision to run for Senate in Ohio excites Democrats, transforming a tough race into a real opportunity—despite concern from those who want to see new, younger leadership in the party. Brown, 72, joins other senior Democrats pitched for key races, highlighting the party’s struggle to balance generational change with proven vote-getters—especially as flipping the Senate is a steep 2026 goal. Will frustration with Trump’s second term and familiar faces like Brown be enough for Democrats in battleground states? Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/democrats-old-2026/683891/? #SherrodBrown #Ohio #Democrats #Senate2026 #gerontocracy #elections

Sherrod Brown’s decision to run for Senate in Ohio excites Democrats, transforming a tough race into a real opportunity—despite concern from those who want to see new, younger leadership in the party. Brown, 72, joins other senior Democrats pitched for key races, highlighting the party’s struggle to balance generational change with proven vote-getters—especially as flipping the Senate is a steep 2026 goal. Will frustration with Trump’s second term and familiar faces like Brown be enough for Democrats in battleground states? Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/democrats-old-2026/683891/? #SherrodBrown #Ohio #Democrats #Senate2026 #gerontocracy #elections

Sherrod Brown’s decision to run for Senate in Ohio excites Democrats, transforming a tough race into a real opportunity—despite concern from those who want to see new, younger leadership in the party. Brown, 72, joins other senior Democrats pitched for key races, highlighting the party’s struggle to balance generational change with proven vote-getters—especially as flipping the Senate is a steep 2026 goal. Will frustration with Trump’s second term and familiar faces like Brown be enough for Democrats in battleground states? Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/democrats-old-2026/683891/? #SherrodBrown #Ohio #Democrats #Senate2026 #gerontocracy #elections

The weird dichotomy of Joe Biden is that he was excellent at governing the nation while simultaneously being absolutely horrible at leading the nation.

I'm not sure anybody understands that, and it's a huge problem.

#RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #media #socialmedia #FascistTakeover #Constitution #Biden #Gerontocracy #JoeBiden

Pure Whataboutism

#Biden #Gerontocracy #ImpeachConvictRemove #ImpeachTheFascists #Tyranny #MikeJohnson #Jeffries #Pelosi #HouseOfReps #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #news #Resist #media #socialmedia #Resistance #FascistTakeover #MakeThemFight #EconomicCollapse #Constitution

Wow. "A Republican congresswoman from Texas [Kay Granger] has not cast a vote in the US House since July while she has been living at a memory care facility – something she did not disclose to the public, according to a Dallas media outlet that figured out the reason for her prolonged absence."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/kay-granger-republican-congresswoman-memory-care

#Dementia
#KayGranger
#Gerontocracy

Wow. "A Republican congresswoman from Texas [Kay Granger] has not cast a vote in the US House since July while she has been living at a memory care facility – something she did not disclose to the public, according to a Dallas media outlet that figured out the reason for her prolonged absence."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/kay-granger-republican-congresswoman-memory-care

#Dementia
#KayGranger
#Gerontocracy

Even after big election loss, Democrats continue to do stupid shit!

The #Gerontocracy wins again 😬

"A 74-year-old congressman stricken with an especially deadly form of cancer was chosen today to be the top Democrat in charge of oversight, a watchdog role that will oversee investigations into public corruption and wrongdoing over the next two years.

Two days after his re-election last month, Rep. #GerryConnolly on November 7 disclosed that he had esophageal cancer. Medical experts told us that the survival rate for esophageal cancer is extremely low.”

#AOC #alexandraocasiocortez #kenklippenstein
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/dying-congressman-to-head-oversight

@servelan @jstatepost
The fact that octogenarian #BernieSanders’ name is still being referenced at this stage is a sign that the #gerontocracy will NOT go quietly into that good night AND the complete failure of #SuccessionPlanning is cringe AF.

My $0.02.

#gerontocracy #doddering #old #fools

In 2019, the Biden campaign — cognizant of the candidate’s age — sold him to primary voters as a “transition figure,” the guy whose main purpose was to dethrone Trump and then smooth the way for a fresher Democratic face. Biden never made that promise explicit, but the expectation feels betrayed.
#USPoli #Biden2024 #election2024 #ImperialCollapse #gerontocracy #corruption https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/opinion/biden-age-election-2024.html

#Vorschlag für einen neuen #Buchtitel oder #Filmtitel

Beware…

#gerontocracy

Der #Film dreht sich um einen quasi gescheiterten #Staat mit einer vielfältigen Geschichte, in dem zwanzig Jahre lang keine Alternativlosigkeit herrschte. Doch die Zukunft wartet nicht. Ein fesselnder Action-Thriller mit viel Humor und kreativen Ideen. Wird sich Gerontia aus den Fesseln der Angst lösen können, oder wird sie sich an den dornigen Chancen die Finger blutig machen? Wer weiß… 🤣🤣🤣 #intriguing

@CartyBoston

Potential Democratic Presidential Candidates
to replace the #Biden #Gerontocracy

Gretchen #Witmer
Andy #Beshear
JB #Pritzker
Gavin #Newsom
Ralph #Warnock
Mark #Kelly
Pete #Buttigieg

#election #vote #trump #democrat #republican #fascism #democracy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Whitmer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Beshear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Pritzker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kelly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg

Are Old People Ruining Politics?

https://youtu.be/wCtInVaXk3c

#news #politics #uspolitics #philosophy #wisecrack #gerontocracy

Time for #TermLimits and #AgeLimits!

#McConnell #Feinstein #Grassley #Biden #congress #senate #SCOTUS #supremecourt #thomas #ClarenceThomas #Gerontocracy #ChrisBritt #Counterpoint

Designated Survivors: The gerontocratic elephant in the graveyard

https://doctorow.medium.com/designated-survivors-2dded3cbed2

#gerontocracy #actuary #AllCausesMortality #DeathAndTaxes