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Can’t agree with Ben this time. Problem with Pelosi is not that she’s 79. It’s that she never had an original though in her life, not even at 25
Macron and Renzi were arguably the most conservative politicians in Europe in last 20 years. They embody conventional wisdom. AOC (first time I use the acronym) is a character out of the 70s
On the other hand most transformative US politicians I remember (for good and bad) were pretty old when they got to be president: Reagan and Trump
In general young people struggle to have new ideas simply because it takes many years to develop and adopt them. Politicians not excepted
So to the extent that new generations face new challenges perhaps politicians from the same generation are not the best to find ways to address them
