▲ 43 ▼ Joe Biden confuses Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996 (news.sky.com) submitted 2 years ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) Maybe people above retirement age should not be allowed to be in positions of power in general? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 4 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Jealous permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 4 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Jealous permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 4 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Jealous permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 4 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent