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lanyard-textiletoday at 4:20 PM1 replyview on HN

No, no. We want the wisdom of the older generations.

We want the stability of someone who has seen life’s ups and downs and understands there is more to life than the petty day to days of a presidency. There is a legacy beyond them and they imbue that in their policy.

Age can be a symptom of your inability to do this, but it is not the problem.

The problem is with specific mental ailments and behavior coming into the presidency. We should scrutinize those ailments heavily, and build a culture around stepping down when life inevitably gets to you too — and having it taken from you if you do not take the opportunity for mutual dignity.

The problems that afflicted Biden could happen to anyone at any age. It is a problem if any candidate experiences it.

And I do not really think age has effectively changed Trump’s view of the world.


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bluGilltoday at 6:11 PM

There is a minimum age already on all those offices for exactly those reasons.