Apologies for veering into politics, but this is my number one problem with conservatives. They arent conservative enough.
They dont give a damn about any problem that is more than 10 years in the future. Including problems they are creating today.
Classic example: a conservative faction was elected to the local government. One of the first things they did was allow a tire waste dump to be created next to the airport. The dump had been blocked previously. But the conservatives were cutting red tape.
Of course the tire dump is an aviation hazard if it ever caught fire. So the owner is bankrupt and now the dump is being cleared out at taxpayer expense. And the conservative politicians that approved it are long gone. It happens over and over again, private profit at taxpayer expense.
The hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty on both sides has reached comical levels. What passes for "discourse" begins at essentialization and name-calling, devolving from there.
This is one of the, very few, forums where I have actually witnessed anyone reconsider an entrenched belief.
Truly, it is the end of days.