fiat_lux

fiat_lux, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

I am so sick of health condition speculation of politicians. If they have a formal dìagnosis and release it publicly, fine. But this article is just pure conjecture.

1. Not all memory issues are age-related or dementia or degenerative. While US politicians do trend extremely old and this increases the likelihood of having a disability, plenty of younger people have memory issues too that can get better or worse randomly. Covid fucked my memory hard.

2. It's ableist to require peak health 24/7 from people, even your leaders. They have teams of people around them for a reason, to collect and provide accurate information. There are briefings and reports. Redundancy is built into the system, the President isn't the only source of truth. If a President becomes unable to perform their duties in a timely manner because of these problems, like Dianna Feinstein, then we can worry about that problem.

3. Disability is an increasing issue, and climate change and future pandemics are going to increase the rates at which everyone experiences chronic health problems. 15% of all people globally self-identify as having a disability. If you live in a country with a life expectancy over 70, you can expect to spend an average of 8 years of your life with a disability. Globally, 49% of people over 60 have a disability. Protection of society from a single point of failure requires systemic change that builds in failsafes and enforces them. Build
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Trump isn't dangerous because his father had Alzheimers and he's (understandably) afraid of developing it. He's dangerous because he has a habit of making absurdly malicious power-hungry selfish decisions.

fiat_lux, 8 months ago

Title contains misinformation.

former New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro

This is like calling Eleni Kounalakis, who is the Lieutenant Governor of California, "the President of the US".

fiat_lux, 8 months ago

Have you ever been in a crowd of people? Like a huge close proximity gathering, a concert?

Yes, including much larger protests. The estimate is only 2.2k people for Jan 6th, and that's for all four sides of the building. I was immediately next to an outbreak of violence in one large protest. It's much easier than getting out of the front of a concert, and I don't have anywhere near the strength of a marine.

You can also see them in the pictures freely and casually walking in with a significant amount of space in the images in the article.

Why make up excuses for them? They literally posted on social media afterwards about the second civil war and being part of history. They weren't there under duress.