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Nancy Pelosi asks pro-Palestinian protesters to ‘go back to China’ in video (www.hindustantimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We need to pass a constitutional amendment that sets the maximum age to hold public office (including judges) to 67 years old. You can do whatever you want past 67, but you can't hold public office.

Read the room, Nancy!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Copying my comment from elsewhere in this thread:

Individual encounters may have to do with the declining mental faculties of geriatrics, but the superstructure of the capitalist class (who are the ones pushing the stories about foreign interference and terrorists and red/yellow/brown scare all that pro-empire propaganda) that must change. Voting in yet another capitalist sponsored imperialist drum beater (the only type of candidate that's allowed to run for election) who's a bit younger than these should-be seniors home residents won't change anything at all. Pointing the finger at the advanced age of elected officials is a distraction, simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Term limits too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

One thing at a time, or itll never happen

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

If you like having novices in government, sure

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I'd rather have a novice who has a chance of supporting something good than an old hand using their experience to enact genocide.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What's the other option? Let them stay for life?

The issue isn't lack of experience, it's that never having to worry about losing the job makes them useless. Watch how fast they get shit done that directly affects them, it was never about lack of ability, the current politicians are just intentionally useless because they all benefit from the status remaining quo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just a maximum age is plenty

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The fuck it is, if 8 years is enough for the president it's enough for Congress, Senators, and the SC Justices.

If we can pass down the office of president every 8 years there's no reason we can't do the same elsewhere, does it take a decade to learn how to vote or something? Are we lacking in judges?

There are other levels of office, there isn't going to be a shortage of experience just because we require term limits. Even if there was I'd prefer an inexperienced person than someone who sits on their hands all day and just votes according to their oligarchical masters whims.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/five-reasons-to-oppose-congressional-term-limits/

This article has a pretty good explanation of why term limits causes more problems than it solves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Beats having the same imperialist ghouls for entire generations. 'Experience' means jack-shit when the aim of 'career politicians' is to stay on the gravy train by any means necessary.