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[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Our 70 year old politicians are pretty detached from their constituents and society. I'm a bit scared to imagine a 700 year old politician

[–] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

On the other hand, if they had to face living to see the consequences of their actions they would have some motive to not shit everything up.

[–] aeiou@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

One would hope by the time a conversation on human immortality becomes relevant, society will have found a way to limit the damage such a person could do.

Wishful thinking I suppose.

I’m a bit scared to imagine a 700 year old politician

I imagine it'd look a lot like the groups that have been pushing the same issues for a long time - i.e American evangelicals trying to work God into the constitution for the past two centuries.