I think you basically summed it up by saying that we're terrible at long term thinking. But back to democracy, why should we care if parties are only elected f

I think you basically summed it up by saying that we're terrible at long term thinking. But back to democracy, why should we care if parties are only elected for 3-5 year terms? Absolutely it's going to end in disaster, but also, that's just how the system is currently designed.