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Why don’t more politicians retire? A medical anthropologist explains how the US could benefit from a mandatory retirement age (theconversation.com)

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[–] TropicalDingdong 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah well. I wanted to go further in the federal civilian workforce, but even as a veteran with a degree (and advanced degrees), it felt like a glass ceiling of waiting for people to die. Our entire government is sooooooo geriatric. If we don't have younger people in the ranks and in leadership, then NO ONE below the age of 100 knows about the voyager project.

[–] Subtracty 12 points 4 months ago

They act like they have to stay because there is no one younger to replace them, but they stifled the rise of anyone younger than them in order to hold onto that power. It is shameful how so many politicians refuse to give it up when it is clear that they have no regard for anyone's future but their grandchildren and great grandchildren being set for life because of their connections.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

This. Keeping around the guy who knows everything about rockets while better in the short term, maybe, will long term result in the lower levels getting bogged down, and when the crusty old guy retires, they only have crusty old guys who will last a year or two at most to replace him.