Planning for the Future on Planet Earth
News flash: human civilization has precisely zero plans, be they short-term or long-term, for future generations.
Now, this may not be the case for the “savages” like the native Americans, whose leaders make decisions whose effects take into account the well-being of their great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren.
Yet the “developed” world, certainly American capitalists, couldn’t care less about the quality of life on Earth right this minute, let alone next year. Floods? Wildfires? Loss of land mass? Ocean acidification? Loss of biodiversity? All of these are someone else’s problems.
The reader who sent me the meme here notes: There are a lot of stupid people in this country that actually believe him, and sadly they vote. This president is an embarrassment but thankfully he will be gone in a few years.
The last time I had a cola was in the late 1960s, and I actually could tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi; I preferred the latter, because it tasted cleaner, with less sugary syrup.
Has this ever happened?
Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has nailed it, IMO.
The average price of gas in the U.S. today is $3.165 per gallon. This is a fact, not an opinion.
We didn’t have this garbage when we grew up, so how did it happen?
There’s an interesting concept expressed in the meme here, but I dispute the basic idea that Americans had the best lives on the planet.
It would be nice if we could think of a single thing that Trump has done since he re-assumed office that has made the United States a better, stronger country, but that doesn’t seem possible.
With the exception of the uber-wealthy, our people are less safe, less healthy, and poorer than we were last year. Until recently, our nation had strong allies, and we weren’t cozying up to the world’s most brutal dictators, as suggested in the photo at right.
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