• SabinStargem@lemmings.world
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    Term and age limits will be needed if the Constitution is improved, alongside ditching first-past-the-post voting. A great deal of America’s rot comes from the stagnation caused by career politicians who simply exist to occupy a seat.

    Sure, we might lose ‘wise’ leaders, but it has become pretty damn clear that archaic politicians are the plugged toilets of Democracy. All they do is cause a mess if not promptly handled. The Geronocrats must go.

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      Fuck yes, let’s go with it!

      • Politician age range 30-50
      • Background check
      • Minimum Education Requirements
      • Understands science (including biology) and technology thoroughly at minimum high school level
      • 200 hours of community service working with the poor
      • 200 hours of community service working with the elderly
      • 200 hours of community service working with immigrants
      • Debt, Funding and Corporate Alliance check
      • Blocked from stock market trades along with immediate family
      • No bribes
      • No Lobbying
      • No ex C-STAFF for major companies.
      • Paid enough to be single yacht and a summer home kind of rich.

      What else we need in here or what have I gone wrong on?

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    That’s not surprising. The left has been looking for someone capable of primarying her for years.

  • TemplaerDude@lemm.ee
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    All these fucking useless Democratic leaders are so selfish. You’ve failed and failed over and over again, miserably, yet you still insist on trying to lead? Do the right thing. Step down. Quit. It’s truly disgusting how they’ve strangled their party and country with their incompetence.

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    Kick her the fuck out. Kick all the useless democrats out. Fuck all of them. They lost. They’re done. Go the fuck away.

  • EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml
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    The challengers we need are to the entire DNC. They are a failure at representative government

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    “I’ve got some news: I’ve decided to run against Nancy Pelosi to represent San Francisco in Congress. I know some of you might be surprised that Speaker Emeritus Pelosi is running again, but she is—for her 21st term!” Chakrabarti’s post read.

    I fucking hate boomers in political office. They refuse to let go of the reins. They want to hold on until death. Selfish.

    I saw a video last year asking people in the UK about USA politics and someone commented how old our leaders are.

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      I think she is too old to be a boomer, that generation was 1946 to 1964. She was born 1940

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      Meh, it’s not the age thing for me. And I don’t care if someone works until they choose to retire, as long as the people want them. I think ageism and the appeal to some magical term limits thing is rather useless.

      I hate just how disconnected her comment was about the insider trading. It’s infuriating. Republicans do it, too, but she somehow became the face of this.

      I don’t know that her or others like her are doing anything to bring up the next set of leaders, though. I also don’t really see her fighting for progress. The age thing, the number of terms - entirely secondary and honestly, it’s just red herring in my view. All one has to do is look at Bernie.

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        I think the age thing is a problem, if for no other reason than that very old politicians won’t have to live as long in the world that they create. Sure, for politicians of good faith, that wouldn’t matter much; but many of the ones currently in office would absolutely trade our future for their own temporary enrichment, knowing that they won’t be here when the chickens come home to roost.

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        It’s absolutely an age issue. When was the last time you met someone over the age of 60 who was both good with computers and technology in general and also has never worked in the tech industry? Id also love to see the number of government elected officials who have ever suffered any sort of real poverty and compare their ages to their peers. I guarantee that spreadsheet alone tells a novel.

        I want to see an enforced retirement age, a maximum age for first time election, and a strict term limit for all positions of government. I would also love to see all elected and appointed officials stripped of the right to financial privacy and a sort of jury system of a quarterly ethics board made up of citizens chosen at random to make review decisions on official government actions.

        It’s time citizens had more control over our government. They are employed by our tax dollars after all.

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    Surprising New Primary Challenger

    That’s not that surprising. I was hoping it was like a golden retriever or something.

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    Good.

    Much like the appeasers that enabled Hitler, history is going to look back on Pelosi, Schumer, Kamala, Biden, Obama, Clinton, Jefferies, and other democrats who stood by and let all this happen on their watch without so much as a wimper.

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    Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC’s former chief of staff, thinks the Democrats need a bolder vision.

    Fuck yes they do!

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      The message that could be sent by a champagne to kick NP out could start a left wing movement.

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    GOOD.

    Pelosi has been in congress for 36 years. To put this in perspective, that’s longer than I’ve been voting. Time to retire.