Some think these elderly politicians are simply clinging to power. In reality — they are so profoundly compromised that their handlers will never allow them to retire.

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Interesting take.. I never thought about it this way

The feebleness and lack of mental acuity are a feature, not a bug, of the intelligence apparatus.

Incredibly useful

Ideal

Go into any corporate boardroom. Baby boomers as a generation are refusing to retire.

I'll have to take your word for it. My board is millennials and gen-x.