I’m 65, in very good health, and very fit, and yet I know that my cognitive abilities are not what they once were. I have no idea what I’ll be like at 75, but I’m pretty sure it won’t involve working in any way that requires deep thought or decision making.
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I mean there’s wisdom and knowledge and having already had the conversations tons of times with tons of people and having read a lifetime’s worth of books and whatnot. And sometimes they’re really good at cutting through the bullshit, because they don’t have time for that. Also a bit less likely to be tempted, because when you’re in your 90s why would you even care about [insert whatever offer here]?
I really do think older people can give valuable guidance and insight.
Not so sure they should be in charge of everything though. Like, a council of advisors to the people who run things, yeah, sure. But let younger people with a real stake in the future run it, taking advice from the elders as it fits.
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it might add a layer of complexity to systems, but i agree with this. there’s a reason so many cultures value and respect their elders. it’s very American to take the Logan’s Run style of “you’re old, you don’t matter anymore, we know better” approach, and i think that’s so short-sighted. that’s just a way to keep repeating past mistakes.
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And now for one that’s slightly more lighthearted…
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This bullshit is all too likely to end up with someone dead.
The disgraced former governor-turned-Missouri Republican Senate candidate put out a campaign ad on Monday in which he’s seen cocking a shotgun as he tells viewers “we’re going RINO hunting!” He then breaks into a house with a bunch of heavily-armed anonymous soldiers in combat fatigues and invites people to “Join the MAGA crew, get a RINO hunting permit. There’s no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn’t expire until we save our country.”
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A 55-y.o. Jane Curtin as Liz Cheney.
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Guess they got their wish.
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There is a pollster named Bernie Porn.
The Rinkes are car dealers in the metro Detroit area, particularly on the east side There’s a short street named for them in Warren, leading from one major industrial thoroughfare to a minor one. I have little doubt that the allegations made against Ken are true.
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The decision for Ted Cruz to exist was clearly wrong.
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