One of the flaws of democracy is that there is no way to exclude people from decisions whose consequences won't affect them, if they lack the decency to act on the behalf of those whom those decisions will affect.
No person over 70 has any business acting against the interest of a 20-year-old, when it comes to mitigating climate disaster.
@pludikovsky No, that doesn't work. You can't exclude those people from, say, decisions about healthcare or pensions or public transport which absolutely do affect them.
It's a flaw. It's not fixable by a tweak to the system. Any such fix is a net loss, on balance.
@foax@pludikovsky Given how the 70+ generation can evidently not be trusted to vote in the interest of their children, do you really think that's a good idea?
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