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why, because the 70 year olds are doing better?

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No, because a 36-year-old woman who edits her selfies to look like a cat AND then posts them for public consumption is too silly to be leading a country. IMO.

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That behavior wouldn’t be inspiring in a 60-year-old, so it’s not the fact of her age, it’s the fact of her immaturity.

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And just btw, I'd rather not have any national "leader," young or old...I'd like to have someone who is simply an executive, making sure that the very limited, Constitutionally-mandated powers of the federal government are executed....and then leave us the hell alone.

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I didn't say that. Most 36-year-olds don't have enough wisdom and therefore experience to lead a country...not even Finland. And I agree with LP (below)...while I love cat ears as much as the next person, her behavior reveals her to be an unserious person.

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In 1776 this was the age of the founding fathers of the United States and other revolutionary people of the time:

Marquis de Lafayette, 18

James Monroe, 18

Gilbert Stuart, 20

Aaron Burr, 20

Alexander Hamilton, 21

Betsy Ross, 24

James Madison, 25

Thomas Jefferson, 33

John Adams, 40

Paul Revere, 41

George Washington, 44

Samuel Adams, 53

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I'll concede that many of them were probably doing some form of clubbing...but how many of them were drawing cat ears and a tail on photos of themselves on Instagram? She may be lovely for you guys to look at, but she's not a serious person.

The people of the revolutionary era were far more mature than people of our time. Technology and entertainment have extended childhood and adolescence well into the 20s and even 30s. Most of us are weak and feckless and dependent.

I've said this before on this substack, but it bears repeating. My grandparents understood the connection between a chicken and dinner. My father bought chicken at the meat market. I buy boneless chicken shrink wrapped at a local specialty store. My young adult children think chicken comes from Uber. We are so far removed from the realities of existence, the fragility of existence. The modern world is an illusion. It could all disappear in a moment from a storm. A bad solar flare pointed in the wrong direction would send us back to 1850.

The founders lived with death and uncertainty every day. They weren't hanging out on their parents' couch binge watching Netflix and ordering food from Uber on their smart phone at age 25.

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Well, I have good news, because catgirl ain't leading jack squat.

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The U.S. Constitution allows a 35-year-old to be president. Wow, even by the standards of the 1780s, you're ageist.

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The US Constitution allows a 35-year-old to be president because most people of that era didn't live very long. ;) And I would wager the average 35-year-old of that era had more practical experience and wisdom that 35-year-olds of today.

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It's definitely true people matured earlier in the past. However, life expectancy was not severely different if you exclude infant mortality.

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I think cm might be referring to the warring going on at the time. And the witch burning (witches were health focused) etc

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Gato, yo creo que estas pensando con la cabeza equivocada. Y te entiendo 100%. Que chulada! Jajajaja

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