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Climate change and the corona virus would be great candidates for this common struggle that you say is missing. Why were the 9/11 response, Apollo, WWII/I etc
by autosharp 6y ago
Climate change and the corona virus would be great candidates for this common struggle that you say is missing.
Why were the 9/11 response, Apollo, WWII/I etc picked up but the current opportunity for common struggle is ignored? You might say that climate change is a slow rot but Apollo and American revolution came on very slowly as well.
- cocoa19 6y agoLife extension, disease research (cancer, viruses, etc), new physics discoveries, astronomy. Plenty of things would be exciting to work on that makes human society better.
- zelias 6y agoA lack of leadership. All of the listed examples had the leaders of the country front and center on these issues, making each a clear national priority and devoting considerable federal resources to the issue. Has that happened with COVID? Nope.
- IgorPartola 6y agoBecause neither of those two things managed to unite us. COVID divided the US more than it was before. Climate change is on relatively few people’s minds and chances are that when it starts affecting lives of everyday Americans on a daily basis, it’ll simply become a finger pointing contest.