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Joe Biden confuses Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996 (news.sky.com)
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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe people above retirement age should not be allowed to be in positions of power in general?

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seems like that could be abused. Some 80+ year olds are in much better shape than some 60+ year olds. Besides, the voters put them there, we're all to blame.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Did you have any other choices?

We are having presidential elections here in Finland right now. We had 9 candidates for the first round from 9 different political parties to choose from.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 4 points 9 months ago

They aren't getting the votes to be viable in the general election, but there are primary candidates from both parties. I would love to see a ranked choice voting system or something that would promote a wider field.