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[-] nifty@lemmy.world 64 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Bernie/AOC ticket 2024 plz

Or 2028 if we still have elections then

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 46 points 5 months ago

I love Bernie, but he’s 82 and has heart disease.

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Trump is mentally challenged and he’s still running

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Would be easily the biggest age gap between president and vice president

[-] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 39 points 5 months ago

AOC for president, Bernie for vice (cause ageist societal concerns).

Or, Bernie as President, AOC as Prime Minister (using SCOTUS' ruling to rewrite all laws and current established government).

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago

Fucking Brilliant. Biden could just pull out the ol' uno reverse right now.

[-] force@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Why would we have a PM? We already have the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader. And the PM wouldn't be able to exercise any executive powers unless you burned the constitution, because separation of powers.

There's not really a good reason to adopt a parliamentary system like the UK's for example if we were to completely reform the government imo. Or to have a PM separate from the president at all.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

My god can we get a younger social Democrat please? Fuckin A I'm tired of people born before WW2 ended making all the policy decisions. I was going to say before the moon landing but they were all adults when that happened. They're not even Boomers. They're fucking older than boomers.

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 months ago

Bernie will be 87 in 2028.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Is there anyone younger with stances like Bernie?

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

Katie Porter & AOC would be amazing

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

If those two ran on a presidential ticket together, the Republican Party would dial up the “it’ll be the end times if they win and only our lord and savior Trump can stop it” to 1000.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Other than the actual real world insanity, I'd love to see them pop some blood vessels.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Talib, AOC? Cori Bush?

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Most of America. But they aren't becoming politicians. Mostly because politicians are really bad people for the most part. You get maybe 5 percent that don't have ulterior motives.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

5 percent is awfully generous. Maybe it's that high for people that try to run, but the vast majority of people that win are sucking someone's teet.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Who cares how old they are as long as they have the right positions on the issues and a sound mind? I love having people with some wisdom in there.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago

The problem is apparently having someone in office that will live long enough to actually reap what they sow. I didn't used to think this would ever be a thing we'd have to be worried about, but, here we are. Environmental issues in particular hit this note I think.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Eh, people, especially the rich, will likely be living longer and longer. Also, only a total sociopath would not care about what their children and grandchildren, etc., have to face. Again, I think the important thing is competency and the policies they support (hopefully backed by evidence if they have a political past). Someone with a few years under their belt is also hopefully more likely to look at the longer span of things, given that they've ideally accrued some level of wisdom.

If someone is 90 and still mentally fit, and socially aware like Bernie would be far more preferable than some spry spring chicken that adores the likes of Steve Miller. Again, I think age is just a number. There is nothing inherently good or bad about someone being young (some younger people seem to be old souls and have a lot more wisdom than the number of times they circled the sun) - or old. IMHO.

I know this country has always worshiped youth, and that's not fallen out of fashion just yet. I just happen to think that's rather dumb.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

You've never seen what dementia can do to a person. Or, just the general confusion that comes with age. I'm happy for you, honestly it sucks to watch. Someone who used to know everything suddenly gets confused on the way to a restaurant they've been to a thousand times. Forgets why they called, or even that they called you in the first place. And, importantly, have their opinions flip on a dime with no warning whatsoever.

This isn't necessarily dementia, it can be caused by any number of things, ailments that younger people would brush off without a thought.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

This isn't necessarily dementia

It's almost certainly not dementia. He's definitely in mental decline, and that is more than sufficient to explain what we've seen.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

You've never seen what dementia can do to a person.

Believe me, I know all too well. I've had a few family members die from Alzheimer's. Losing someone is never easy, but you lose that person long before they pass away and it's heartbreaking.

My point is that age is merely a number. There are people well above the age of Biden and have all their mental faculties.

[-] brlemworld@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago

Idk. I feel like Jay Pritzker/Warren 2028 would be fucking sweet

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Nah, I'd take a turd sandwich over Pritzker any day.

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