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by carpenecopinum 1336 days ago
> ...was based on countries’ short-term goals for the next decade

What else though? There is no "long-term" for politicians that have to face another election in less than 4 years.

"This will happen in 10+ years" is just a thinly-veiled "We aren't going to do it.". If we can't get any short term commitments and hold people accountable for it, nothing substantial will get done.
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datavirtue 1335 days ago
How I see this unfolding, at the very least, is full-on militarization of the youth (mass protest, boycott, and terrorism) when they see that no one is doing anything substantive to solve the problem. You can already see quasi-violent climate change protests in the EU/UK.

They will organize via TikTok, or whatever social media dujour, and stop life as we know it.

Just keep bickering.

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lm28469 1335 days ago
> What else though? There is no "long-term" for politicians that have to face another election in less than 4 years.

Politicians used to have long term vision though. See the American founding fathers, Churchill, de Gaulle, etc.

Something changed, it wasn't always like that

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undersuit 1335 days ago
Look at the New Green Deal proposed by some Democrats in 2019. It was a non-binding resolution. An attempt to give the US congress a long-term vision.

There wasn't an attempt to compromise. Every Republican Representative could have attempted an amendment to temper language they didn't like. There could have been a debate on the merits of the resolution.

It was turned into a hit piece so every time AOC is mentioned in social media some smarmy user pops up and screeches about hamburgers or cow flatulence.

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