Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:43 pm
Must have been part of the deal he cut with the devil.
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No, mostly no term limits. Nevertheless most tend to retire around 70 at the latest or be pushed out by their parties. Angela Merkel, for example, is still not 70.ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:52 pm I have to ask you.ADo politicians have term limits in Europe? Because the issue in tghe USA is that being a politician becomes a profession. You are not a "citizen" that gets involved in politics, you are a "political citizen" and that is your job. Therefore, you are there for ever.
I remember when I was in Stockholm that we visited that city council (a beautiful building) and I asked where all the council members were. Well, they were working, I was told. They were council members but held regular jobs, which was how they made a living.
That is the reason Mitch McConnell remains in the senate, and Joe Biden will be running for president again at age 98.
I don't think term limits will be necessary in the US. Demographics will eventually force a turnover in the political class, and it will happen all of the sudden within the course of one or two election cycles. It's just a matter of the millennials, and gen-Z getting to the age where they would consider running for these positions.ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 4:13 pm As a society, we have to start accepting that many rules that were implemented in the past (meaning a few hundred years ago) are no longer valid because our life expectancies were impossible to foresee by the people of the time. The concept of the SCOTUS being appointed for life was valid when the chances of making it past 60 were not better than 50%. For congress and the senate, the idea of no term limits was also fine, seeing as most people would only live for a few cycles.
The fact that a man who set his ideologies decades ago can still be so influential on modern politics is hard to accept as a positive sign for progress.
You ain't right.
And if they do by the end they'll be as out of touch with the currenet generation as today's elderly leaders.