jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhy American politicians are so oldwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down16
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minus-squareqprimedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·6 months agoI will just say that life extention has made vampires of old men. with only a few exceptions, they express no real desire to hand the future to those who will be living it.
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 months ago I will just say that life extention has made vampires of old men [who are wealthy and powerful enough to acquire the necessary medical care] Being old doesn’t make you a bastard, it’s just that non-bastards don’t tend to survive to old age in our society
I will just say that life extention has made vampires of old men. with only a few exceptions, they express no real desire to hand the future to those who will be living it.
Being old doesn’t make you a bastard, it’s just that non-bastards don’t tend to survive to old age in our society
excellent point.