[dzonga]

this problem with older people not giving in to younger ones is prevalent everywhere.

professors - with tenure - they can die on the job.

board rooms are visibly older e.g average age of Apple board members 68.

the partners at law firms etc.

now very few companies have very few succession plans.

in other parts of the world even worse e.g in Africa - you have presidents with one foot in the grave tryin' to rule.

[y-curious]

Well the problem is much more pronounced as people live longer and longer. I think this will all come to a head soon. Social security, for one, is going to exceedingly get strained as people draw on it for longer. Being alive also doesn’t mean you’re competent.

[stackskipton]

Problem is, Social Security will be solvent until 2037 at current prediction which means it goes insolvent when youngest boomer is 73. So basically most of them will get all their Social Security, die and leave Gen X to get fucked.

[TheCoelacanth]

Fortunately insolvency in this scenario mean that they will only be able to afford to pay around 3/4 of promised benefits.

Closing that budget gap is a problem that will need to be dealt with, but it's not impossible to fix and it's a fairly long way away. There are a lot of proposals going around for how to fix it and those will become more politically palatable as it gets closer.

[underlipton]

Ha, that's the way to really get Western society to rethink its trajectory. "You know, the things you're doing? Sounds quite African."

The Southern Strategy is underutilized as a tool to rebuild, rather than dismantle, works for the public good. (/s but kind of not?)

[dzonga]

if you have ever met the African bureaucrat - typically has a PHD from a high end Western university.

selfish lot - old - would rather spend time playing golf and traveling while doing nothing.

sadly the West is now going through the same thing.