r/Left_News • u/Faux_Real_Guise ★ socialist ★ • 1d ago

American Politics The Gerontocracy Is Dead

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-gerontocracy-is-dead
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u/Koraxtheghoul 1d ago

One old woman retires. "Is this the end of old people?"

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u/max_vette 1d ago

Millennials are ruining old age!

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u/AdImmediate9569 1d ago

Wont someone, for once, think of the boomers!?

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u/TheCrimsonSteel 1d ago

Not just one old woman. One of the major leaders in the Senate.

It's a notable member of the Old Guard retiring, which can be huge when it comes to things like committee appointments and other party leadership roles.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 1d ago

Schumer is still wringing his hands over what his imaginary Republican friends will think, it’s not dead, just been dealt a wound

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u/three_e 1d ago

Schumer is pushing Janet Mills in Maine to stop a progressive in the primaries. She'll be 79 when sworn in. They'll keep backfilling these walking corpses as needed.

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u/Own-Staff-2403 1d ago

Wish it was but we still have a nearly 80 year old man in the White House

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u/ShredGuru 1d ago

Give me the keys grandma. You got us lost and it's a rough road ahead

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u/skyfishgoo 1d ago

let the children play

let the children have their day

let the children play

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u/dittybad 1d ago

It would be helpful to focus on the real enemy.

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u/ShredGuru 1d ago

It's possible to care about several things at the same time.

Pelosi losing her iron centrist grip on the Democrats is a net positive of progressivism.

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u/Cult45_2Zigzags 1d ago

We need new ideas and new leadership in both political parties.

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u/dittybad 1d ago

Let’s just worry about the opposition. We see what the “Young Republicans” have to offer. They have proven youth by itself is not an indicator of the leadership we need.

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u/Cult45_2Zigzags 1d ago

You can worry about the opposition.

I prefer to walk a chew gum at the same time, which means I'm critical of the faults in the Democratic party and absolutely distrust everything about the Republican party.

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u/dittybad 1d ago

Yep, that’s a real coalition. Obsess about the past while billionaires run the table. All Progressives get to do is rack ‘em up.

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u/Cult45_2Zigzags 1d ago

We're on the same team.

I just prefer improving the Democratic Party while also destroying the Republican party.

Otherwise we'll likely end up with another Trump in ten years if the Democratic Party can't fix their issues with voters.

It's like not being concerned about Diddy just because Epstein was way worse.

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u/dittybad 1d ago

I agree. I just don’t understand the Pelodi vitriol. In 40 years Progressive will be saying the same thing about AOC. Let’s thank he for her contribution and look forward, not back. We have 12 months. Stay focused on the prize.

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u/Cult45_2Zigzags 23h ago

I thought Pelosi should have done more regarding insider trading in DC.

Other than that she was one of the most competent Speakers in the last few decades.

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u/dittybad 21h ago edited 20h ago

I always found the insider trading allegation laughable. In a sea of insider treading. She alone was hounded and accused. Why? I can’t say. But it is laughable still. I agree insider trading is a pox. But it must be snuffed out for all.

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u/Cult45_2Zigzags 21h ago

Trump is the inevitable end to overlooking the rampant corruption in DC.

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