Short-termism is killing the planet: Why intergenerational justice demands we think long-term

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1. Unfortunately, people are opting for short term injustice atm.

2. Well, 39% of Americans believe we are living in the “end times”, so there’s no reason to worry about long term climate impacts or sustainable development. Many are Dominionists who think the Earth and its resources are ours to exploit and that conservative Christians should control the government. A lot of people are also just incredibly greedy and believe their wealth will protect them from the brunt of climate change until they die.

   https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/08/about-four-in-ten-u-s-adults-believe-humanity-is-living-in-the-end-times

3. Man, imagine the jobs we could create (government and private sector) if we had an Eisenhower-like dream of making high-speed electric rail highways across the country. Fully electric grid, clean energy power plants to power it, as well as attached charging stations for EV’s along the way.

   That *could* be the kind of cool infrastructure and economic future we could be building and rallying around.

   But no. The Park Rangers are too expensive.

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