@dwnews: Is the US becoming a gerontocracy rather than a democracy? The president and many of Washington's powerbrokers are in their 70s and 80s, while half the population is 40 or younger. Yet only one in five lawmakers is under 40. Legal scholar and author Samuel Moyn tells DW's Hannah Hummel that the US is increasingly governed by and for older people, often at younger generations' expense. He warns that the imbalance threatens democratic representation. And even as November's midterm elections could reshape Congress, Moyn says they’re unlikely to close the generational gap. #dwcurrentaffairs #gerontocracy #democracy

MO | True Crime :

have u heard of Uganda or Cameroon 😂

Big Kahuna :

Mitch would be a good president in Cameroun after Paul Biya who's 93 years young.

musawalejoshuagib :

yall have the wrong point. age, that's the list of your problems.

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Young people need to get out and VOTE

. :

💯 cut off needs to be 70 years old, then retire & get lost 👏

Galana Lands :

Kenya🇰🇪 is clean of this sin. Sifuna is 21 years.

OutsiderScent :

Most of them are too old, crooked and out of touch with reality to be in position of power

HE IS HIM 🇺🇬🇺🇲 :

it's a global problem unfortunately

Doberman :

Not even in usa but most of the world government need to go ASAP most of them are not fit for job only for corruption and warmongers

Koray A :

Keeping other variables out of an assessment is all and always DW does. Is it that these men are old only the common trait they have? On the other hand the young can do as bad as the old. Eg: German economy and socia economic mobility.

Crusader :

And they blame me for staying for more than 40yrs in power in my country

Black_Diplomat :

They don’t care because they’ll soon leave.

FrIsaacMuzenda :

They used to speak of Africa. Seems it goes around

Kb256$$$ :

American dream 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Arron Zak :

Hon69 :

Same Here In Nigeria

Pedro Garcia :

clear point

kalenjin DNA :

western democracy

Omburuge :

Young people must involve themselves in politics at lower levels like council. Most importantly younger people must come out to vote and offer themselves for elections. Complaining about ageism alone wont help

Mr Soft :

Democrats wasting time on fake news propaganda 😂

EW :

it's best to leave these jobs for the old, what happens to a 25 year olds president at the end of his team?

MM :

If you followed pro. Jiang you would have heard this months ago. He delivered the whole lecture in 1 hour

user6238266068243 :

This makes sense. In Uganda,we are still in a stone age era for the same reason. AGE GAP.

the broken poet™️ :

@passive gamer :