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[-] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 31 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I remember a few years ago, the Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe, resigned from his position due to a chronic health condition that was worsening. He resigned of his own accord and made a public statement saying that he's stepping down because he did not want to make any major political or policy mistakes that would compromise the welfare of the nation. He was only 65 at the time, but still had the humility to recognize the weight of his position.

Meanwhile, we have 80+ year old dinosaurs that are brain dead and on life support that are still clinging on to power to their very dying breath regardless of the harm it does to the nation. Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Clarence Thomas, Maxine Waters, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and the list goes on and on. It's time for all of them to fuck off. Even Bernie Sanders needs to go. It's time to step back and enjoy retirement.

These parasites are literally the reason why we're in the mess we are in today. Their greed and selfishness is so extreme that it's like a disease. The dinosaurs that did go extinct like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Dianne Feinstein ended up leaving headaches for everybody else because they just couldn't step down gracefully. It's fucking embarrassing that we're even allowing these leeches to stay in power as a country. It's embarrassing that people are seriously wanting age limits for their politicians because these ghouls are soulless. When you look at actual civilized countries like Japan, you could only dream of what could be here.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 hours ago

Power is really that addictive. In ancient cultures, those who hoarded wealth were thought of as mad or of poor moral character, and there are modern psychological studies that show that anyone who is given power without consequences will abuse it and begin to believe that they are somehow deserving of the advantage.

The problem this time is that the ultra-wealthy have so much of the wealth that they can buy elections and control governments across the world, and no-one near them dares be anything but sycophantic, except their similarly-vicious billionaire peers.

[-] plant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago

America needs more doohickeys

this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2026
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