Why? The Grim Reaper shadows your every step. The actuarial tables laugh at the idea of you surviving to the end of your term. Is your goal really to be remembered as being too stubborn to step aside and let a spring chicken born after WWII take over your seat? Is there a special backdoor to Valhalla located in the congressional building? What compels these people to stay until the bitter end?

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It's just bizarre to me. Even the least wealthy politicians at that level have more than enough to afford to retire (see Bernie and Jane Sanders owning multiple homes despite his being one of, if not the, least wealthy senators) so why stick around? There are very few jobs I can imagine wanting to do until the day I die. Do they actually believe they're achieving something unique? Because that's just... Weird. They're so nakedly acting in their own class interest, and anyone (of that class) could be doing that. Why not retire and let someone else ensure those interests? It's not like there's no one to take over.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Their job is to sit in meetings and have people speak at them, before they do whatever they want with zero mechanic for accountability. Like, if you're even the least bit sentient, why the fuck would you not stick around in that job for as long as humanly (or inhumanly) possible? It's not like the Democratic Party is trying to actually effect change, so why shouldn't the party just be a mechanism for self-righteous fossils to feel important.

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