Reply #19: no one lives forever and these dudes are olddddd... [View All]

[amazona]

* is in his mid 50s but has the brain of a man in his mid70s or older from the alcohol/drug poisoning. Most of the most influential advisors in his administration are much older. They don't have long to live, so short-term planning makes sense. They will not be around to pay the piper. There is a saying, "If you've book passage on the Titanic, might as well go first class." There is little evidence that there will be clean drinking water or breathable air on planet earth in another few decades, and no evidence that these commodities exist on other planets. When only the short-term remains, short-term thinking makes sense. They are just going to grab it all and live it up while the living is good. Even Rome fell and it took a couple thousand years to get indoor toilets again. I don't think they're insane (other than * who clearly suffers from Korsakoff syndrome) -- just evil if we define evil as being incapable of empathy. I don't suppose that they seriously believe that there is any reason to plan for a great many future generations -- it's unlikely that we have all that many generations to go.