SnotFlickerman, 3 months ago The gerontocracy needs to stop acting like they have any clue how the internet works. Ron Wyden is seventy-four. Age isn’t the problem. Upton Sinclair named the problem a long, long time ago: It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. Apply that to large swaths of congresscritters who are too busy counting the money they get from lobbyists to give a shit what we think. Nancy Pelosi: “We’re capitalists, and that’s just the way it is.” Money in politics is the problem.
The gerontocracy needs to stop acting like they have any clue how the internet works.
Ron Wyden is seventy-four.
Age isn’t the problem.
Upton Sinclair named the problem a long, long time ago:
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
Apply that to large swaths of congresscritters who are too busy counting the money they get from lobbyists to give a shit what we think.
Nancy Pelosi: “We’re capitalists, and that’s just the way it is.”
Money in politics is the problem.