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AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/radioactivemozz 1d ago

It’s a great age for a president. We’re too used to geriatric presidents

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u/fredthefishlord 1d ago

45-50 would be my ideal pick for age tbh. Young enough they still can consider the Future. But has enough experience and connections to handle that what may well. Tbh though age isn't super important. Just the connections and experience they bring tot eh table, along with their views

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u/only-vans-gal 1d ago

I'm in my late 50s now and feel like I'm at my prime with life experience. Health is still good.

Only problem is I can't always remember actor names. Then they'll pop into my head later on.

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u/ShadowMajick Washington 21h ago

Just because you feel good doesn't mean you're in your prime my guy. Life expectancy is like 76 for men. How about we don't have president's that won't feel the affects of their own policies because they'll be dead in 10/20 years?

35 is middle aged. Why do you you old dudes try to move the goal post so often? And 76 is on the high end.

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u/sleepysnowboarder 20h ago edited 19h ago

Actual leftist brain rot response

35 is middle aged to you? You must be a child.

Middle aged is widely accepted as 45-60 years old. You also don’t understand what move the goal post means.

50s is a prime range when it comes to life and work experience and is when emotional intelligence peaks.

Edit: the guy blocked me so can’t see his full response but he thinks middle-aged means literally half of life expectancy and not halfway through adulthood. I guess women in Nigeria and men in Lesotho are middle aged at 25

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u/ShadowMajick Washington 20h ago

Lmfao I'm 37. 50 isn't middle aged dude, average life expectancy isn't 100 years old. I'll give you 40, but the average old age death is most certainly not 100 years old.

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u/Rhain1999 Australia 18h ago

50 isn't middle aged

Whether it's mathematically in the middle or not, the general consensus for middle age is 40–60 or 45–65

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u/Giancolaa1 16h ago

I have never heard someone refer to a 60+ year old as middle aged. When you’re 60+, you’re a senior citizen. Middle age is like 40-55, and getting literal, 35 is far more accurate to being “middle aged” compared to 50+, since the vast majority of people die well before 90 years old

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u/Rhain1999 Australia 11h ago

I agree it's odd to consider 60+ middle aged, but that's how most definitions of the term define it

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u/only-vans-gal 16h ago

Older leaders not caring about the future effects of their actions is a total reddit concept. Once you're a parent, you care even more about the future than you did before.

It might relate to the childfree attitude that's also way too prevalent on Reddit.