The Chinese and Russian leaders have been in power for 13 and 25 years respectively, with neither expressing any intention of stepping down.
    • Cid Vicious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      233·
      6 个月前

      Yeah realistically society would be fucked if people didn’t age. You think we have generational wealth now? Ho boy.

      • kautau@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        6 个月前

        My guess is that billionaires will go for self-cloning until immortality exists

    • imdoneinteracting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      6 个月前

      Oh like you don’t dutch oven yourself when you have a good batch stewing. Gigglin between each sniff with a sense of accomplishment. Probably wafting like a chemist right now.

    • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 个月前

      They will swiftly be replaced by new, likely dumber dictators. I am not holding my breath for a good ending.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      87·
      6 个月前

      “In the past, it used to be rare for someone to be older than 70 and these days they say that at 70 one’s still a child,” Xi’s translator could be heard saying in Russian. An inaudible passage from Putin follows.

      It’s the BBC printing a translation of a rumor of a partial conversation from two world leaders their parent government hates. Might be worth taking this with a grain of salt.

      Nothing western press loves more than doing Ralph Wiggim tier headlines any time a National Enemy gets near a podium.

      • ThinkBeforeYouPost@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        6 个月前

        I agree, but they got the translation wrong. This is interesting because this is not uncommon due to the dialectical differences between Russian and Mandarin.

        When you listen to the actual audio clip, you will understand that it is said “one becomes child again”. It’s a sly dig at aging brains that doesn’t translate well when done literally. The nineteen eighty nine authoritarian response and slaughter of thousands of innocent civilians in response to the tiananmen square protests and xi being a winnie the pooh knob head is hilarious you authcino bootlicker if you don’t understand the cultural idiom component.