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older people have better shown themself (more time in which to do so, accumulate trust, etc.)
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Elections (by means of voters) intentionally choose old leaders because that limits how long they can hold the position, or forces them to find a successor or delegate?
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George Washington's whole, only twice thing, almost seems more deliberate here. Wonder what would have happened if a similar check had been placed on political parties.
This is an experiment in short-form content on LW2.0. I'll be using the comment section of this post as a repository of short, sometimes-half-baked posts that either:
I ask people not to create top-level comments here, but feel free to reply to comments like you would a FB post.