There's an sizeable body of evidence that the power of incumbency just compounds with age, that name recognition eclipses policy, and that an apathetic electorate will just make non-meritocratically render candidates unchallengable via sheer inertia That is gerontocratic
-
-
I.e. in some Prez Rickard situation where it's actually the law that the politician has to be a teenager with no previous experience (like it apparently is on Naboo) you won't actually get a constant flow of fresh, new exciting ideas
-
Bob will still be there, he just won't actually be the senator You'll get a constant flow of new senators and they'll all have no idea what the hell they're doing and when they ask whom to get advice from they'll be told to have a meeting with Bob
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
I would go so edgelordy as to say that if the lobbyist is half the age of the elected politician then that's almost strictly better
-
I don't think so. Do you really think Matt Gaetz and Tom Collins are better than Graham and Grassley? you can be young and horrible, and lots of republicans are.
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.