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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Dec 2021

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Alec MacGillis

    This gerontocracy really is American exceptionalism. On the other end, PM of Finland is 36, President elect of Chile is 35, New Zealand PM 41.https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/1473855550744113155 …

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    President: 79 Possible 2024 GOP nominee: 75 Speaker of House: 81 House Majority Leader: 82 House Whip: 81 Supreme Court Justice: 83 Most influential Covid authority: 80
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      2. Tom Posyniak  🇺🇦‏ @tom_posyniak 22 Dec 2021
        Replying to @OrionKidder @HeerJeet

        To be fair he was in his early 40s when he became leader and mid 40s when he became prime minister

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      1. Daniel Jalkut‏Verified account @danielpunkass 22 Dec 2021
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        World climate czar: 18.

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      1. Dan‏ @lot_49 22 Dec 2021
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        We need a president who can go clubbing until 4am. Much respect to Finland!

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      1. Jen‏ @JennerZi 22 Dec 2021
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        And at a time when our democracy is in peril, not good!

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      1. ZAKMAKATTACK‏ @morganmz 22 Dec 2021
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        This is because American governance has the high barrier of entry of needing to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. No other country has that. Makes our elections uncompetitive so people can stay in power forever.

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      1. paul elledge  🌻 🇺🇦 🌻 🇺🇦 🌻 🇺🇦 🌻 🇺🇦‏ @microbear1 22 Dec 2021
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        We can't get ride of them and the won't fucking leave.

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      1. paul elledge  🌻 🇺🇦 🌻 🇺🇦 🌻 🇺🇦 🌻 🇺🇦‏ @microbear1 22 Dec 2021
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        American power is too good to give up.

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      1. Dr. Chris Torn and Frayed Wilhelm‏ @cwilhelm2014 22 Dec 2021
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        Remember when this was a thing we'd make fun of the Soviet Union for? 😕

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      2. Jim Douglas  🇨🇦  🇺🇦‏ @JimSDouglas 22 Dec 2021
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        The U.S. desperately needs to find a way to mandate a retirement age for federal judges, like every other western democracy.https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/supreme-court-retirement-age/616458/ …

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      3. Chris Chapman‏ @chapman_chipper 23 Dec 2021
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        YES!

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