You think they're ever LEAVING power?
How optimistic you are.
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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This is the end of modern medicine in the United States.
Gonna take years to rebuild.
The rebuilding will only start once we kick the fascists out of power for good.
Why is it that the senile white men are in charge of things? I think ageism might be needed to set age limits for elected officials. They don't have the best interests of anyone younger than them in mind
money in politics, that's your root cause
May I suggest state limits?
Like if you're in charge of retirement plans you must have retired...50 to 70 years old for example.
70 to death....have fun at anywhere else other than government
If you're in charge of the drug administration you must have a PhD in something related to viruses, vaccines, chemistry, biology.
If you're in charge of regulating pollution you must have never worked for a pollution generating company... Big oil being #1. But must have gone to school and have a background on energy generation for example solar, wind, atomic, LNG, hydrogen, etc.
Like in some instances age plays a big role, in others knowledge plays a big role. And maybe us the people should vote on the rules too?
There's that problem, plus the problem that the current crop of old white men are also Nazis.
Brain worms are winning.
More dead kids to come.
If bird flu kicks off, it may be tens or hundreds of millions of dead Americans to come.
There's something to be said for natural selection.
Except it won't be natural. It will be selection by wealth, since richer people can afford to eat better, keep more active, be less stressed, and get healthcare others can't access. Poor people are more vulnerable but not because of some natural disadvantage.