1/ Countries much wiser than ours play the long game, not only planning for the future 20 & 30 years from now but also looking at the horizon to see dangers lurking ahead and working to prevent them.
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2/Ours has not worked that way for a long time, because our guiding principle has been short term corporate profits rather them long-term societal health and well-being. Problems arise and we are merely reactive, which in many cases is the opposite of being “response-able.”

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3/That’s why we need to get $ out of politics; only then will we be able to change our guidance system from whatever serves unfettered capitalism to whatever serves people and planet. Money should not be the deciding factor in tending to our planet, our democracy or our people.
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4/ Not only w/ infectious diseases but also w/ nuclear power & the environment, death has been staring us in the face for a long time. We need to proactively wage peace, we need WW2-level mass mobilization to deal w/ climate change, and we need to front end resources to our kids.
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and then no 6 figure Congressional salaries.
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Very true. This society made a very poor choice regarding metrics as well as time frames. To this point, here is a revised "Trolley Problem" updated for American Capitalism
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I was just thinking about the short sightedness of our government as I read that the trusts for social security and Medicare will run out in less than a decade...I am 71, I worked all my life, I need these two programs to survive.