ESSAY: Perhaps it's time for the septuagenarians & octogenarians in Congress to turn over their leadership positions to younger, more progressive, more forward-looking members.
I believe we're going through a period of major change, not only in this country, but worldwide. I don't see how an aging leadership steeped in the 20th Century in going to be effective in a 21st Century that is methodically, and radically, reshaping the world and all the people in it. Top among those are climate, technology, and politics. We're going to have to decide, and soon, what kind of America we want to live in, and what values we want to instill, figure out how to not be totally overwhelmed by technology/media, and particularly if we still want and believe in constitutional government. And the idea that we can just wait it out is becoming more and more absurd.
The time of reckoning is upon us (and yes I'm going biblical here as in this is big time important and will be felt long after the vast majority of us are dead.)
To get through it, we need leadership that has a positive vision, understands what the world is becoming, and understands how to get us there. That's something the present gerontocracy lacks.
There is no shame in letting sharper, younger minds take the reins. The shame is believing the world can't function without you.
I believe we're going through a period of major change, not only in this country, but worldwide. I don't see how an aging leadership steeped in the 20th Century in going to be effective in a 21st Century that is methodically, and radically, reshaping the world and all the people in it. Top among those are climate, technology, and politics. We're going to have to decide, and soon, what kind of America we want to live in, and what values we want to instill, figure out how to not be totally overwhelmed by technology/media, and particularly if we still want and believe in constitutional government. And the idea that we can just wait it out is becoming more and more absurd.
The time of reckoning is upon us (and yes I'm going biblical here as in this is big time important and will be felt long after the vast majority of us are dead.)
To get through it, we need leadership that has a positive vision, understands what the world is becoming, and understands how to get us there. That's something the present gerontocracy lacks.
There is no shame in letting sharper, younger minds take the reins. The shame is believing the world can't function without you.
Excellent idea.