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Re:Ask HN: Should we have an age limit on running for office? by smt88 on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:47PM (#22634128)
The remedy for this is ranked-choice voting, not legislating against the types of candidates you dislike.
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Re:Ask HN: Should we have an age limit on running for office? by meowmeowmeowww on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:06PM (#22634304)
Totally agree. I guess I’m just feeling desperate b/c I don’t see a path out of our current political structure. Maybe liquid democracy could overcome the impasse?
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Re:Ask HN: Should we have an age limit on running for office? by smt88 on Friday March 20, 2020 @08:19AM (#22636928)
One of he problems with getting out of our political structure is that most people are afraid of too much change at one time. That’s why Biden will have won the Democratic nomination despite being significantly to the right of his own party. Even good change can be scary when you have a lot to lose.
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