Wyden has been spectacular on actually understanding tech issues for a very long time at this point. The gerontocracy needs to stop acting like they have any clue how the internet works.

It’s not a dump truck; it’s a series of tubes.

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    Yes thank you. I’m pretty worried about what happens without this guy. We still have Ed Markey but he’s up there too.

    Much as a lot of the worst people in government are relics from another time, age discrimination doesn’t behoove us, IMO. Some of the best are also the most venerable. I’d take Bernie in a heartbeat.

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      Some of the worst Republicans are pretty youthful! Matt fucking Gaetz, for example. Ron DeSantis for another! So yeah, exactly, age discrimination won’t help.

      Kyrsten Sinema is also universally hated as a Democrat by this point, for good reason, she’s the worst, and she’s only a few years older than DeSantis. It’s not just the old people fucking us.