Really folks, what do a bunch of KIDS know about public policy?

[brooklynite]

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Amazing to think,

age 30 was considered old at that period in History.

[Sedona]

2. Jefferson was only 30

[X_Digger]

3. I think it rather disingenuous to equate 18th century elite to today's tide-pod-eating kids.

Gilbert du Motier (the Marquis) read greek, latin, french, italian, and spanish by the time he was 12 (he was 19 when he learned English). He studied at the Collège du Plessis in Paris, then later at the Académie de Versailles, and was a commissioned officer by the time he was 14.

Many kids today can't change a tire on their car, or un-clog a toilet. Hardly an equitable comparison.

[Igel]

4. But it's a convenient one.

For rhetoric, which is what is really important. I guess.

We're so much more evolved that the truly exceptional from 200 years ago is merely average today--even what we'd call spoiled rich kids if they opposed us but courageous freedom-fighters if they support us.

[NightWatcher]

5. Kids back in 1776 couldn't design an app for a smart phone either.

None of these MSD kids strike me as tidepod eating variety. Emma Gonzalez was taking an AP government class when the shooting happened.