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Big Judiciary power grab. Now which judge hips are elected and which are appointed. Plus we are basically the Soviet Union (60's-70's?) when they exchanged science for political power.
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The US government has also become a Gerontocracy so also tracks with the 80s Soviet union.
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Support the gerontocracy argument, please.
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@zigzagwanderer.bsky.social already put the stat out on Congress. Also that we have the two oldest candidates in American history running for president, the Supreme Court swings happened due to folks dying in office, etc
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Over a third of US senators are ages 70 & over. 56% are 65 & over. 69% are 60 & over. Average age of senators in the 118th Congress is 64.
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(and for historical comparison, between 1919 and 1999 at least 50% of the senate was under 60)
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And then there's the fact that most of them are rich...
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Well i don't think the historical comparison will say much there
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(i mean, probably in raw numbers it would because of the drastically increased inequality in the US today. But in terms of class...)
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Have you looked at Congress ever
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I was asking about Congress. I think others were too. For Whitehouse and Cabinet, you know Biden and Harris want next generation baton holders. But I do appreciate the added info. It shifts the perspective here. I think Congress stayed to fight trump and Russia.
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Yes, the Congress stayed pretty much the same with a slight shift in both directions. And yes, I love how Crockett, Moskowitz,Frost and @robertgarcia.bsky.social are fighting. I LOVE it!
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I love the picture and everyone in it. Caring, positive vibes.
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Thanks for the Google. I'm livid that Moscow has a fucking confab with Trump.
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Ah well. That's a story as long as my three killed twitter accounts and masses of ddos attacks on my server ... Anywho., just this:
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Oh I forgot the entire Evangelical Christofascist soup of money launder x.com/helenrsthl/s...
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Wait! I remember Frost. It's been a month since I heard his name.
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I know Moskowitz. But don't know Frost or Crockett. Cool.