No, Our Generation Isn’t Wiser than that of Our Parents
What 19th Century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said at left was, I’m sure, correct in its time, though I seriously doubt that too many people believe this today.
When it was proven scientifically in the 1960s that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, both my parents quit immediately.
When it was proven scientifically that the consumption of fossil fuels is causing lung disease, and global warming, and loss of biodiversity, and ocean acidification, this generation doubled down on supporting Big Oil while destroying the renewable energy industry.
If the corruptive influence of Big Oil can somehow, someday, be removed from the economics of energy and transportation, renewables will become the deal of the century, almost overnight.
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If we still have an organized human civilization here in 50 years, people will still be scratching their heads, wondering how a man who attempted to overthrow the United States federal government a) escaped criminal prosecution and b) was subsequently re-elected to the U.S. presidency.
As Bernie Sanders points out here, until Trump was re-elected in 2024, we all thought we had the guiderails in place to prevent grossly illegal military invasions, like the one we see in Iran.
When I read words like these, I still think there’s a chance our top military leaders will refuse to obey some outrageously illegal order from the president. Perhaps something like this:
What Richard Gere says here seems to imply that the threat to the United States posed by Donald Trump has somehow been vanquished, but sadly, that’s not the case.
There are lots of reasons to expatriate. For example, some people want to live where their retirement dollars will go further.
At left we see the words of the former U.S. Speaker of the House, providing the rationale for voting Republicans out of office, i.e. the soaring cost of living.
Well, this violates the 10th and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution.
