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minus-squareaStonedSanta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down6·5 months agoIt’s not ageist. 60 is old for an agile brain imo.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoCognitive decline can begin as early as age 45. The youngest you can be to be elected president is 35. Should we only have a 10-year window in which people should run? https://www.bmj.com/press-releases/2012/01/05/cognitive-decline-can-begin-early-age-45-warn-experts
minus-squareaStonedSanta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 months ago65 is oldest you can run. Second term only if ran again. So oldest would be 69-73. I’d prefer that tbh.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoI would agree with that. Commercial pilots are forced to retire at 65, why not politicians and judges?
minus-squareHobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoCan’t wait to see what you guys do with your politicians who treat entire populations the same. Some more.
It’s not ageist. 60 is old for an agile brain imo.
Cognitive decline can begin as early as age 45. The youngest you can be to be elected president is 35. Should we only have a 10-year window in which people should run?
https://www.bmj.com/press-releases/2012/01/05/cognitive-decline-can-begin-early-age-45-warn-experts
65 is oldest you can run. Second term only if ran again. So oldest would be 69-73. I’d prefer that tbh.
I would agree with that. Commercial pilots are forced to retire at 65, why not politicians and judges?
Can’t wait to see what you guys do with your politicians who treat entire populations the same. Some more.