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Would you support a mandatory retirement age of 75 for US House, US Senate & US Supreme Court Justices and if not why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why would the people in power limit their power?

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Because they aren't the people in power, we are. They only get the final say if you decide that they are in charge of you, rather than the other way around.

Be a defeatist if you want to. The boots need a human face to stamp on while the rest of us fight.

[–] cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago

Sure buddy, you're the real big boss man.