Lawsuit says DOGE put a 28-year-old in charge of USIP, an organization that promotes international peacebuilding and conflict resolution
Lawsuit says DOGE put a 28-year-old in charge of USIP, an organization that promotes international peacebuilding and conflict resolution
Nearly all of the US Institute of Peace's staff were fired on March 28.
- The USIP is now headed by a 28-year-old, per a federal court filing.
- DOGE named Nate Cavanaugh, a tech entrepreneur and college dropout, as the USIP's acting president.
- Lawyers for the USIP said nearly all of the institute's staff in the US have been fired.
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What's the problem with his age? It's about time we start to replace the fucking boomers in government.
There's a lot of problems with Doge, but age isn't one of them.
There's a decade or five in between "barely postgraduate" and "belongs in an assisted living facility."
I want people in charge of significant government functions to have significant lived knowledge and experience in the field.
Because diplomacy requires experience, that's why
Agreed that the government needs younger people, but there's a reason why the minimum age for president in the US is 36.
The max age should be 41.
The maximum age for the President, or someone in the Senate/Congress should be based on a percentage of the average livespan of everyone in the country.
It's adaptive and also incentivizes them to make choices which will benefit everyone's health, rather than the health of the elite.