Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Why are so many US politicians so old? | DW News" video.

  1. Insanely old people with billions of dollars are the real problem in America and other countries. Its just more pronounced in America. The number of people in incredibly important positions (both in politics and commercial) in the 80s & 90s is staggering. Warren Buffet is 92, his offsider Charlie Munger is 99, Rupert Murdoch is 91, Barre Seid is 90/91 while Charles Koch at 87 is almost young by comparison. If you look at the US Senate Feinstein and Grassley are both 89. Sanders & McConnell are 81 & 80. Then there are 30 more senators between 70 & 80. Over in the house of Representatives they have 12 Reps over 80 and 60 reps between 70 & 80. The incredible mistake many make is that they are baby boomers. Some are but most are War Babies, born before, during or just after WW2 before the baby boom started. The older ones in particular seem psychologically scarred by their childhood and cannot accept that any generation after them is capable of taking over and running anything let alone the planet. Even the earliest of the Baby Boomers (those over 70) who grew up being terrified of Nuclear War seem incapable of handing on power. As children in school they were shown "Duck & Cover" films. We see those films as jokes, they were force fed fear and its left a terrible legacy.
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