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As America Becomes a Gerontocracy, Its Future Keeps Getting Delayed
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- Talk Cocktail
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- Jul 2, 2026
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Summary
What if the real crisis isn’t aging leaders, but an aging democracy where power never seems to change hands? My guest on this recent WhoWhatWhy podcast, Yale historian Samuel Moyn, believes America has quietly become something few of us have recognized: an aging society where the balance between generations has fundamentally shifted. The cohort of people making the biggest political decisions, controlling the most valuable assets, dominating elections, and shaping the country’s future are getting older, not younger. We’ve spent years arguing over whether this politician or that president is too old. But what if those debates have distracted us from a much larger story? Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe