Why is ageism socially acceptable?

[buritobr]

Is it acceptable to say that Joe Biden should not be the president because he is 78? Only if you proove that he doesn't have enough health. Otherwise, it would be discrimination like sex, sexual orientation, religion and color.
Considering the other extreme: the law says that the minimal age to be the president is 35 and this age is OK. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez will be 35 in 2024 and I see no problem in her running to president. Alexander, the Great, passed away when he was 32, and he was ruling an empire that went from Macedonia to Persia.

[buritobr]

Is it acceptable to say that Joe Biden should not be the president because he is 78? Only if you proove that he doesn't have enough health. Otherwise, it would be discrimination like sex, sexual orientation, religion and color.
Considering the other extreme: the law says that the minimal age to be the president is 35 and this age is OK. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez will be 35 in 2024 and I see no problem in her running to president. Alexander, the Great, passed away when he was 32, and he was ruling an empire that went from Macedonia to Persia.

Alexander was a hereditary monarch, not an elected leader of a republic. A better comparison would be the Founding Fathers, many of whom were very young, but they were basically the alt-right of their time.

George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were 57 when they became president