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I don’t think there should be a maximum age for running, a cognitive test for people would be fine but not a maximum age. I want more of a push for a lower minimum age, your a adult in the US at 18, in many states you can’t be governor until 35, you can’t be a representative until 25 and in senate the minimum age is 30, I think the minimum should be around 25 or even lower for most or all electable offices, this won’t solve all the problems but it will open up the gates for more equal representation.
Oh wait... I'm not allowed to say anything? My comments expressing opinions different from those who "govern" the comments, vanish? Well isn't this a kangaroo court then
Yeah, they didn't mention that aspect: the inate human desire to be engulfed in power. The things that make our societies work are empathy... and fear.
But young people also know that what u do now will shape your future forever. Old man can do mistakes and never pay for that, because they will die soon, if a young man make mistake, they can pay for a whole life that they didn’t lived yet. So i think that younger leaders would to think many times before take a stupid decision
Younger politicians face big barriers like lack of funding and political networks. They often can't match the resources and connections that older politicians have built over decades. Plus, with an aging population, older voters prefer candidates who share their experiences and values. This is why we see leaders like Biden and Pelosi, who have the backing of older demographics and established networks, staying in power.
They will have to live with it, because they leave behind children in the world who will live with it. That is if they become deceased before such laws take effect. And what is elderly is subjective. Humans didnt live as long as they did today and what was elderly in past ages was 40s, 50s. The 'elderly' should be the ones making laws because they have the most life experience. The fact you do not know any of this is proof enough that youth is equal to inexperience. Come back in a decade or so and give your opinion after you've had many more life experiences to flavor your view.
The disconnect between generations is more than just tech. The older generation came of age in an economy and a society that is phasing out, and is largely unavailable to the younger generation.
@@Cloud-ft9yd It's not just that, but the entire system has completely changed. Accounting for inflation, homes are 55% more expensive, almost 3 times more people have a bachelors degree in the millennial generation, technology means you work around the clock, big corporations have destroy small businesses. I look at my former boss who graduated high school, became a manager of a furniture store, bought a brand new jaguar, and rented an apartment that today would be over $7000 per month, while investing in the stock market and buying houses in cheaper parts of the country. Fast forward to today, and I have a bachelors in CS, barely can make enough to afford to split a 1 bedroom apartment with my gf, and drive an economy car that's paid off (or else I couldn't afford it today). This is also only because I had help to get here from my parents. The entire system is nothing like it was 50 years ago.
@@heyaisdabomb This video refers to the entire world, while you are talking about problems specific to the US. Homes have always been expensive outside of North America. Housing is now becoming more expensive in North America because land around major cities is now saturated because of urban sprawl, so the price of land is now out of control because of low supply and high demand. Where I live, current generations are significantly richer than the generation of my grandparents and those before.
As a Taiwanese I can confirm that our politicians are generally still younger, like if they can still fight in the parliament you know they must not be too old 😆
Still wrong though. It's a lack of measures that push them out of powers. This problem is far smaller in most European countries. I think it's a much overlooked advantage of pluralistic democracies that they make it much harder to cling to power for long periods of time. Presidential systems like the US mean that you only have one opponent. Both current candidates would loose if a semi-functioning 50yo would stand. But that's not the case, so two geriatrics it is. In a proportional democracy with many parties there's always different candidates that'll beat you in many topics. And when a party looses they risk far more than in a two party system. So competition is more fierce leading to younger fitter candidates.
@@KityKatKiller I don't disagreed. I'd like to think these folks could stand on their honor and step down when they can no longer serve. But harder regulation that's says what is right and what is wrong is a good thing.
@@teehasheestower I mean, they can't. My point is kind of that they generally can't do that, so the only places where it works are those where regulations force it.
Old people will vote for old politicians. Who will then return the favor by promising ever-increasing pensions and housing prices. And who foots the bill? Younger voters through ever-growing taxes.
I'm pretty sure that if you want to run for office in America, you effectively need approval from the established parties. Otherwise they'll keep you off the ballot and limit your exposure. From a practical perspective, young people are prohibited.
Especially considering this guy was a general under Indonesia‘s longtime dictator Suharto (as welll as his son-in-law), who brutally cracked down on student protests in the 90s
And that worked tho, Prabowo win the election because his campaign team only focus on tiktok, Almost half of Indonesian are below 40's and most of them are online, so tiktok is one of the way to win young votes in indonesian election
Older people don’t understand the modern world enough to tackle modern problems. Wisdom and experience is outweighed by incompetence and a lack of full-picture concern. The presidency has turned into a saving-face stage act, and most americans see it for what it is. We’re just tired of being lied to
Young people dont understand the modern world either. Go google who falls for internet scams the most young or old. Btw, there is something called advisors.
@@birdstwin1186 Couldn’t agree more with you. Young people are far more incompetent today than 10, 20, 30 years ago. What I try to point out is that the modern world’s problems, flow of information, and innovation has accelerated to a point where many people in older generations simply have not kept pace. How could they? That’s not to say most of the brightest minds among us are not older people. Young people see change around them faster than many generations before. They recognize it, see its intricacies, and are even disillusioned with it. They want a return to normalcy for the common person. Whatever that looks like.
@@birdstwin1186 Alright I did that, I went ahead and put exactly "who falls for internet scams the most", without quotes, into google. The first match was a gallup poll website which came to the conclusion that "No subgroup of Americans is exempt from being scammed, but the rate is higher among non-college-educated adults and, relatedly, among those in lower-income households" (exact quote). Were you trying to make a point?
@@birdstwin1186 Stupid take, if you actual understand how studies work you would have figured out that Gen Z uses the internet more than any other generation. So the likelihood of them falling for a scam is higher. The second most scammed is millennials. And it follows this pattern from youngest to oldest, most scammed to least. Look up "Cybersafe - Oh Behave" 2022 report by the National Cybersecurity Alliance...
@@jamiewatt8532 Yes, they've seen more, but most of that is irrelevant in a changing world - social media, housing affordability issues, climate change. This video show this it. My age cap proposition was inspired by Chinese solution, that Xi removed to rule for life. I am not in favor of people in their 20s or 30s taking over government or Congress. In addition to the maximum age, I would raise the minimum age to be elected at least 50/55/60% of life expectancy for congress/president/senate.
@@Khneefer interesting. my reply to you seems to have been heavily censored. wonder why? going to try using some leet speak to get by please bear with it. i pointed out that i enjoy studying history and that it tends to rhyme though not repeat. that thats experience isnt as useless as you would think and that i also wouldnt want a restriction on a lower age limit because the young can have some very good ideas. i put forward the idea of regular m3@ntal h3Alth checks for anyone in a p0litic41 role and that it may be a good idea to extend it to upper m!lit4ary and public servant positions instead. that way an eye can be kept on the state of anyone in an important position
Yeah, Europe does great on this metric. We've even had few leaders in their 30s (Kurz in Austria who was only 31 when he became the leader and Simon Harris in Ireland), and most of the rest are in their 40s and some in their 50s.
And yet it's - generally speaking - the continent that taxes the most out of the young to give better pensions to the retired. So much for having young leaders, those people are just doing the bidding of the same paymasters.
It’s also worth noting many of these older leaders actually started out when they were considered to be young for the job and stayed in power for a long time. Putin was in his 40’s when he first became president of Russia and same for Benjamin Netanyahu when he first became prime minister of Israel…
@@thesailormercury2 No. The whole "life expectancy used to be 35" thing is misinformation to a large extent, life expectancy was 35 when you take in childhood mortality rate which was extremely high. But if you made it to the age of 10 in 1770, you'd most likely live to be 70 or so.
What was the life expectancy genius? Did humans on average live to 70-80 back then? Did modern medicine exist back then allowing humans to live longer lives? My god, people ruminate about what you say before you type!!!
WSJ trying to prepare the mind of Americans before election that their president age and cognitive decline is not a bad idea and it’s not only applicable to them 😂😂
Honestly neither option is ideal. Best thing to be said about Biden is 1. He is not trying to become an authoritative power. 2. When he likely dies in office someone younger will be in charge for a time. 3. If supreme court justices die/retire more liberal judges will be appointed. 4. More investments into infastructure will be made to the country as a whole which is needed.
Dont think you watched the vedioe fully. It is an important thing to be discussed and they didnt downplay their own problems. You're just being too much ignorant for a non-american
Age is but a number. It is how much intellect and cognition left that really matters. When you are "too cognitively impaired to be put on trial", you know you have passed your "use-by-date".
whole lot of people here whining about "not having to live through the consequences" and "boomers" but you have the right of it. as long as someone can think clearly and do the job I see no reason they should be barred from a government position. experience and knowledge is as important as new ideas and enthusiasm.
@@jamiewatt8532 Generally, what you said is valid. However, the central figure here is Joe Biden. He is an embarrassment to senior age people. He mumbles, he is incoherent, he lied about things such as his elder son military service, he told stupid stories about cannibals eating his Uncle Ambrose, and he couldn't even look at state leaders while he talked during meeting because he needed teleprompter for even simple greetings ! And we are talking about the head honcho of a country, and self-appointed leader of the world.
I wish this video offered a more detailed discussion of how incumbent advantages have produced older politicians. As the video briefly mentioned, many Congress members from the last 10 years have been people who entered office when they were relatively young back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Lots of young politicians entered Congress in the 70s partly because general discontent with government/the status quo, the departure of older Dixiecrat politicians, and the ideological realignment of the parties created opportunities for young candidates. I imagine campaign finance challenges contribute to incumbent advantage and aging policymaking bodies. I also imagine that it's easier for old U.S. politicians to remain in office because they have leadership positions (committee chair, whip, majority/minority leader, etc.) that enable them to wield a lot of policymaking power and secure a lot of federal funds for their districts. I'd bet a politician would have to be pretty odious for people to give up the power that comes with having access to people in important positions of congressional power. Also when you're an incumbent, you can ask your long-time friends in government and all the people you worked with to do you favors that aid your election - much like Biden did in 2020 when his campaign remained unpopular throughout most of the primary season. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_longevity_of_service I think it’s also worth mentioning that major party politicians in the U.S. have not supported the sort of deep organizing that produces high youth voter turnout rates. Unions and other institutions boosted voter participation rates for young people in the mid 20th century, but they have weakened in the last few decades and their voter mobilization role has not been fully replaced. So young people continue to not vote consistently at high rates, which perhaps justifies pivots to older voters in the minds of incumbent politicians.
And you wonder why the world isn’t progressing as fast as it should? Bunch of old dinosaurs refusing to stand down and refusing to give up their power. This is what a lack of faith in the future does. We need a complete reorg here.
@@Tuysicom are you talking about the U.S.? There were primaries where multiple people ran against both Trump and Biden, and the voters overwhelmingly voted for the 80-year-olds. Even now, if all young people decided to vote for a third candidate, that third candidate could win. Of course, most young people will not vote.
We have to stop this if we want the world to move forward and innovate, older humans are not capable to adjust fast enough or allow new ideas as risk to take shape. No one over 65 should serve in any political position.
Young people are way more struggling today to work and pay the bills than those elder generation now. Seriously, we have no time to represent and have influence on politics or to work in politics.
The US is also a rare exception amongst democracies in having the age at which someone may stand for election very much higher than the voting age. Before being eligible for election to Congress, voters have to be 25. To be able to even stand for election to the presidency, they have to be 35, or twice the voting age!
@@spacetoast7783because the rest of the votes are for other old people. the US isn’t even a democracy, your vote doesn’t matter. both parties are under the same wing
Age ,gender ,class shouldn't matter in governance ,having to make the necessary decisions to improve the wellbeing of your people and elevate your nations standards are what matters the most but alas not every leader comes out as a Lee k Yew
Older people are usually afraid that the younger generation will change things. So they can to hold on to power for as long as possible. But sadly, the result of policies are not felt until decades later when the leaders are no longer alive to be held accountable. So it is the youth that ultimately suffers.
@@reyr.7439 I disagree. Admittedly, 35 feels arbitrary and I could, in theory, support lowering it. But the younger you are the more it immediately makes sense why you're not qualified to be president. Experience, maturity, knowledge, etc. Eliminate minimum age and, theoretically, a 16 yr. old can be POTUS which would obviously be bad. But older? The are risks of cognitive impairments, sure. But that's really it. A hard cap on, say, 70 doesn't speak to any obvious disqualifers that are/can be guaranteed. There are people older than Biden who can do the job better and younger who can do worse (the opposite is true too). So max / min limits are arbitrary in nature; I would prefer to issue testing instead.
they will never put in age limits. stuff like climate goals are pushed so far ahead into the future that by the time we get there these old folk will be long gone
That is just an arbitrary number that might shake things up but it doesn’t solve the actual problem. For example, as was said in the video, European politicians are very young. However, they completely over represent old people regardless. Short term thinking like this is what gets us arbitrary laws and a lack of progress.
The young are stronger than these incredibly old politicians. We could make them leave by force if they refuse to step down. Us younger people need to grab the steering wheel from the old, regardless of whether they like it or not.
Mostly cause people are living longer and that includes decrepit dictators that have been in power since the Soviet Union was a thing. The US is kind of an exception but our party system is increasingly becoming an old boys club. Donald Trump is even more of an exception as he doesn't seem to fit the trend at all. He's just a random old business mogul that decided to get involved in politics one day and now a sizeable portion of the country just LOVES him.
Why do you need money to get elected? Don't you just join the party and they appoint you as the representative and you run for office? It's crazy to think you need to be rich to get elected
dum logic....... priorities quality, work experience and qualification over just age and representation....... if all this criteria are met then if that person is young then its good thats what we want
5:42 Younger politicians are more likely to make long-term investments in the future. Let that sink in. Wisdom and selflessness diminish past a certain age. “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” - Greek Proverb
This is a big part why the world is in such a big mess to many Older people in power who don't give a sam about its people only power and money and super out of touch with its people in most cases.
Just sounds like a consolidation of wealth / power problem. The US is also suffering from too many baby boomers and such owning houses - and the usual generational wealth transfer being delayed. Of course, we want our parents and grandparents to live as long as possible, but we're likely going to continue to live yet longer over time... And some of these problems need to be addressed so that society can be healthier.
Sadly Bernie is the exception rather than the rule. I listen to Bernie Sanders and Robert Reich, but most of the old people have NO IDEA what younger people (some of which who are now legit middle age with kids who are graduating HS and becoming adults) actually want.
Better health care technology is not just making you living longer, but being (sort of) mentally and physically fit longer as well. before the 1900, you got operated on without general anesthetic, without sanitition measure, without anti-biotics. Operations just couldn't be performed on old people. The old kings and emperors just went "I guess I will die now"
It's not that complex. It's because of the advancement of medical sciences and adaptation of healthy living practices. The more advance our medical sciences are, the more we can postpone the negative impacts of old age. These days more and more people in their 70s and 80s are still driving cars by themselves, running their own businesses, and doing other things even better than many people younger than them.
Because people live longer with access to better healthcare, younger people don't have millions of dollars to campaign against them and they don't want to leave. If they could figure out how to put their brains in a jar and live in a robot body they probably would.
Political leaders being very old is neither surprising, strange, nor uncommon. Political leaders being very young, on the other hand, is what usually stands out.
Yes, but just because something is common doesn't mean it's right. Like some of the comments here complain about the problems with old politicians is that they're often disconnected from what this young generation need and want. This video was also trying to pin point how it turned out that it's common for politicians to be old.
@@user-gu9yq5sj7c Well, I checked my comment and still couldn’t find where I might have stated, suggested, implied or inferred that old political leaders was right for anyone anywhere. I simply recorded an observation. However, while i am at it, I will add that there are members within populations who support older political leaders because their years allow for an accumulation of experience which in turn allows the population to feel a greater sense of assurance when compared with younger leaders. Of course, age is no guarantee of wisdom and right decisions, but that is the advantage they have, at least, in appearance.
How is it misleading? They explicitly state that the countries they are focusing on are the world's most populous, and used several leaders from Europe to demonstrate exceptions, but the point was that for most people in the world their leaders are old.
The answer is trust. We have all convinced ourselves that the way to succeed is to be narcissistic jerk. We imagine everyone around us is the same so we can only trust people from previous generation.
Narcissistic megalomaniacs are rewarded. They always get whatever they want, too. Just look at Chump, XiXiPi, Ambur Hurd, Theranos girl, Bankman-Fraud, Madeoff, Aleggz Jonez, Wil Smythe, Puton, El0π, Bezoz, Whinesteen, etc., etc.
I'm...not entirely sure that's true as it would take a huge mental failure to say "I'm like this so everyone else must be too". several comments have pointed out that as medical science advances people live longer. add in that people in positions of power or have wealth or are considered important to society get top end treatment and it adds up. at 35 I'm probably considered middle aged but I can reasonably expect to live to 70 even as a low income earner. dad smoked and drank and made it just past 72 and I do neither of that. at the least I do hope the younger generations all over the place as enough hope to keep trying and keep learning, because one day they will be those old men the next younger generation complains about.
As always. On any topic, you can say "Its not just the US", but obviously it is the US too, and nobody does it worse. Apply that to anything and its going to be correct.