Since I woke up to politics around age 20 or so, I have constantly been in awe how these white old men who are approaching their final moments alive are running everything and ruining it, too. It’s been astounding for decades how consistent this is. These guys are so old, many of whom won’t even live long enough to see the short term effects of their actions. They are telling everyone else how to live their lives as if their opinion matters more than all the progress we’ve made, all the things we now know to be true… yet their thoughts are what is implemented in law and rules the day. We are not living in a simple oligarchy. It’s a gerontocracy/oligarchy. With a few exceptions, the way this country is run is how old white dudes say it should be.
It’s sick. And it’s always been this way.
