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Both spell doom for anyone who prefers a more authoritarian approach to governance.

Throw in the bias in our economic situation and their denial of anything that helps the population in general becomes more pronounced and irate.

Unfortunately, it appears that people tend to become more rigid and stalwart the older they get. That is counterproductive to being more progressive, diverse, and liberal in our society. Yet, we seem to automatically accept a level of competence solely because one is beyond a certain age. Of course, we have been programmed for the past one hundred years to believe that they are the elite in our society. So, this attitude is not surprising.

I have only been here for 60 years, but in that time I have seen enough to be able to say that age does not foster intelligence nor maturity. I have been around too many 14 year olds that were far more mature and intelligent than most adults, and FAR too many people in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and even beyond who were little more than spoiled brats.

These days, with 12 year old millionaires and 80 year old man-babies, I find it a little sad that we still seem to want to believe that age automatically means maturity and intelligence.