• ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
      21·
      11 months 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
        10·
        11 months 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
            8·
            11 months 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·
              11 months 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·
            11 months ago

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