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In what world is mid 30s young? I’d rather have a political cabinet of people who have to live with the consequences of their decisions, than a hundred variants of Holden Bloodfeast.
Just a bunch of young 30 year olds. You know, the age greater than most of our founding fathers.
Hey let me think I'm young for at least a few more years!
I do think mid 30s is a great age for getting into politics though. They still have decades left to live with the consequences of their decisions, but they also have a bit more experience with how the world works than idealistic 18 year olds.
Ideally they should also exit politics in less than a century, but I guess we'll see how that plays out.
In the world of "our median audience member is 67".
I'd say mid 30s is perfect, enough real world experience to hopefully be a decent person, enough time left to have ambition for something.
It’s certainly good news to me that some elderly politically-actives have been very much in favor of younger politicians. They’ve been very happy to have me around in phone banks, and wish for more candidates around my age.
Hindenburgs.