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But barring such an upsurge—which would not play to Trump’s demographic strengths--the gerontocracy must impose some internal discipline, and something like that appears now to be happening. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, "Trump Is Losing His Hold on the Senior Vote," 17 June 2020

In a gerontocracy like Italy, proposals to encourage the elderly to stay inside would mean shutting away much of the political, academic, industrial, and business elite. Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, "Coronavirus depletes the keepers of Europe’s memory," 6 June 2020

But by the second decade of this century, the gerontocracy was no longer sustainable. Christopher Dickey, New York Times, "‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince," 9 Mar. 2020

And Bloomberg is the same age as Biden, in keeping with the Democrats recent taste for gerontocracy. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "He Has a Plan for That," 2 Feb. 2020

Millennials, after all, are starting to gain political power at a time when America looks more like a gerontocracy than ever. Charlotte Alter, Time, "How Millennial Leaders Will Change America," 23 Jan. 2020

The year 2019, a half century since the end of the ’60s, featured multiple rebroadcasts of the gerontocracy’s line that the golden age of everything has already happened. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Harry Styles’s Conscientious Remix of Baby Boomer Culture," 20 Dec. 2019

True, Cuba's autocratic gerontocracy is practiced at shuffling furniture and calling it renovation. Mac Margolis, chicagotribune.com, "New U.S. sanctions on Cuba have a silver lining," 20 Aug. 2019

His rise to power in 2013, at the age of 33, offered a stark contrast with the gerontocracy of Saudi Arabia, where rulers clung to their thrones till reaching their deathbeds. Written By Declan Walsh; Photographs By Tomas Munita, New York Times, "Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It," 22 Jan. 2018

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