jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy American politicians are so oldwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down19
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkWhy American politicians are so oldwww.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareqprimed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·1 year 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-up6·1 year 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.