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Peace and prosperity in 200yr won't help my retirement in 30.


A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.


Planting trees is categorically fraud, waste, and abuse under the current regime.


I love a low effort circle jerk as much as the next online commentor but let's be real here, nobody who's worried about stuff lower down the pyramid of needs can afford the luxury of donating resources to a hypothetical future.


Society hasn't earned me caring about it. If it wanted me to care then it shouldn't have spent decades kicking me around.




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