▲ 766 ▼ Gen X is in charge now, and boomers are being shown the door (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 203 comments fedilink hide all child comments Boomers are having their last dance in charge. Gen X leaders are stepping up to replace the last of them. Younger leaders are taking charge of politics and corporate giants such as Boeing, HSBC, and Costco.
[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) Expect future generations to mock us for what we believe acceptable. I sure hope so. If future generations aren't making fun of me for how backwards I am then we're not progressing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FireTower@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'll caveat that not all changes are 'good' changes too. The future generations might not value the things we hold dear, like the jury trial. One day maybe they'll sadly see that as us wasting ordinary people's time. People in the future are not automatically our betters, but our equals, (hopefully) armed with the knowledge of our failings and armed with that of our successes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Supervivens@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I feel like the judge cannon stuff is a very good example of why jury trials are a thing. Corrupt judges are real yo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Coming from a completely legal tradition: Jury trials are scary. Jurors can't be nailed to the cross for perversion of justice, there's no accountability. Also any more serious cases are not tried by judges, but panels of judges, often including lay judges. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'll caveat that not all changes are 'good' changes too. The future generations might not value the things we hold dear, like the jury trial. One day maybe they'll sadly see that as us wasting ordinary people's time. People in the future are not automatically our betters, but our equals, (hopefully) armed with the knowledge of our failings and armed with that of our successes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Supervivens@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I feel like the judge cannon stuff is a very good example of why jury trials are a thing. Corrupt judges are real yo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Coming from a completely legal tradition: Jury trials are scary. Jurors can't be nailed to the cross for perversion of justice, there's no accountability. Also any more serious cases are not tried by judges, but panels of judges, often including lay judges. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Supervivens@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I feel like the judge cannon stuff is a very good example of why jury trials are a thing. Corrupt judges are real yo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Coming from a completely legal tradition: Jury trials are scary. Jurors can't be nailed to the cross for perversion of justice, there's no accountability. Also any more serious cases are not tried by judges, but panels of judges, often including lay judges. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Coming from a completely legal tradition: Jury trials are scary. Jurors can't be nailed to the cross for perversion of justice, there's no accountability. Also any more serious cases are not tried by judges, but panels of judges, often including lay judges. permalink fedilink source parent