1/11
@HeerJeet
Alexander the Great died at age 32 after already conquering the known world and becoming the most legendary military leader of antiquity. Mamdani, frankly, is a bit slow out of the gate.
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Nobody is manager at your job at 33. Your parents weren’t managers at their jobs at 33, but you’re baffled at why I said 33 years old is wild to be a Mayor?
It is indeed abnormal.
Y’all please.
2/11
@RonMwangaguhung
Agreed. Hope he picks Brad Lander as 1st Deputy. NYC Mayor is an incredibly difficult high-pressure job with a White House openly rooting for Mamdani to lose
3/11
@WilliamHogeland
As @dbessner has pointed out, Jesus wrapped up his whole career at 33.
4/11
@MonardaB
Thomas Jefferson was 33 when Declaration of Independence was signed.
Many of the Founding Fathers Were Actually Twentysomethings During the American Revolution
5/11
@KaleFrosty
Julius Caesar was first elected tribune at the age of 29 and to the Senate at 31
6/11
@AlanRic96729535
The problem with our polity is not too many young people in decision making jobs. It’s not enough of them, and far too many doddering geezers in power. Signed: a 79 year old white man
7/11
@CoffeelessInOtt
Kind of a nepo baby, though. His dad was a king.
8/11
@traumedia
I was a manager at blockbuster at like 16. Your move.
9/11
@OohWah90
The average lifespan for people who lived at the time of Alexander that great was around 35 years old, so he was as ancient as Bernie Sanders is today.
10/11
@turnkey_copper
Alexander was tutored by Aristotle.
It's too high a bar.
11/11
@a_peter_johnson
Doesn't the IDF have generals that are like 26 yo?
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