2020 US Election Thread

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Considering the temporary nature of existence imo you’re underestimating the value of experience.

That's a good old hippie-era philosophical debate right there! I'm aware that like so many, I put "value of experience" to one side, or rather traded it in for the experience of comfort and security.

And as we started out with national politics as the topic, I bet secure investment wins over vivid experience: What do we want to hear from a local councillor: "We have good infrastructure" or "Wow! We sure had a blast, didn't we?"

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by elphenor

past generations seemed to have gone for the latter

for example, the climate change problem, most people might say "yeah I want investments into that", but when it comes down to paying 2-3 times as much for your electricity bill in the short term...

France tried the gas tax (which I think in theory is totally responsible) and riots followed

It was a regressive tax though. Fuel should be nationalized and distributed equally without consideration of wealth.