• ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
    21·
    1 year ago

    Americans love their 80 year old politicians. The upper levels of government are basically a retirement home, it’s wild.

    • scottyjoe9@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      1 year ago

      Imagine not wanting to retire when you clearly have a shit tonne of money and could live a very comfortable and happy retirement. He probably could have retired like 40 years ago too. I don’t get it.

        • scottyjoe9@sh.itjust.works
          7·
          1 year ago

          Yeah that is the only explanation but it’s just an obsession at that point… Keeping power to the literal death sounds like mental illness to me.

          • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
            3·
            1 year ago

            It’s a very human trait, unfortunately. That’s why democratic control over any sort of power is the only way to improve society.

        • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
          4·
          1 year ago

          This is the only logical explanation. Which makes them exactly the kind of people you don’t want to have in power.