• ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
      21·
      1 year ago

      Americans love their 80 year old politicians. The upper levels of government are basically a retirement home, it’s wild.

      • scottyjoe9@sh.itjust.works
        9·
        1 year ago

        Imagine not wanting to retire when you clearly have a shit tonne of money and could live a very comfortable and happy retirement. He probably could have retired like 40 years ago too. I don’t get it.

          • scottyjoe9@sh.itjust.works
            8·
            1 year ago

            Yeah that is the only explanation but it’s just an obsession at that point… Keeping power to the literal death sounds like mental illness to me.

            • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
              3·
              1 year ago

              It’s a very human trait, unfortunately. That’s why democratic control over any sort of power is the only way to improve society.

          • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
            4·
            1 year ago

            This is the only logical explanation. Which makes them exactly the kind of people you don’t want to have in power.