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We already have age limits at the lower end. Why are people so against age limits at the upper end?

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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Legislative work is a career. One gets better at their career the longer they do it. I don’t hire rookie electricians, and I hate that my state forces to vote for useless green legislators. They don’t know what they are doing and they kowtow to lobbyists and interests who write all the bills that pass here. Term limits are step one in legislative capture.

Thanks for making room for an opinion that is often unpopular in left dominated online spaces.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Eventually one might come to the conclusion that there is no way to have people in power and it not be abused.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And yet, communities have collective needs, and require that some of us administer those needs. What are we to do? Embrace anarchy or libertarianism? Not for me I don’t think. Just push for systems that create positive, pro-social incentive structures. It is the best I think we can do.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    You can have people in power and have them not abuse it assuming that the public in turn has the power and information to remove or reprimand them them when they do so.

    Obviously that can be difficult to implement well but it is far from impossible.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    The funny thing is, the “term limits for legislators” and “age limits for legislators” did not come out of left wing theorists or even social liberal theorist, they came from Koch funded think tanks like the heritage foundation! It’s another example of how effective astroturfing and targeted political “advertising” can be at manipulating both side of the political spectrum.

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