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> ...was based on countries’ short-term goals for the next decade What else though? There is no "long-term" for politicians that have to face another election
by carpenecopinum 4y ago
> ...was based on countries’ short-term goals for the next decade
What else though? There is no "long-term" for politicians that have to face another election in less than 4 years.
"This will happen in 10+ years" is just a thinly-veiled "We aren't going to do it.".
If we can't get any short term commitments and hold people accountable for it, nothing substantial will get done.
- lm28469 4y ago> What else though? There is no "long-term" for politicians that have to face another election in less than 4 years. Politicians used to have long term vision though. See the American founding fathers, Churchill, de Gaulle, etc. Something changed, it wasn't always like that
- undersuit 4y agoLook at the New Green Deal proposed by some Democrats in 2019. It was a non-binding resolution. An attempt to give the US congress a long-term vision. There wasn't an attempt to compromise. Every Republican Representative could have attempted an amendment to temper language they didn't like. There could have been a debate on the merits of the resolution. It was turned into a hit piece so every time AOC is mentioned in social media some smarmy user pops up and screeches about hamburgers or cow flatulence.
- datavirtue 4y agoHow I see this unfolding, at the very least, is full-on militarization of the youth (mass protest, boycott, and terrorism) when they see that no one is doing anything substantive to solve the problem. You can already see quasi-violent climate change protests in the EU/UK. They will organize via TikTok, or whatever social media dujour, and stop life as we know it. Just keep bickering.