You have heard of the problems facing us - but not this one, which in my opinion, is fundamental to them all. We have too many responsibilities, which are global in nature.
If we are dying, this is a person problem that we can all deal with, whether we want to or not.
But if we are told the planet is dying (which it is) we are dealing with a global problem. And we should have a global response for it. But we do not. If fact we have no response at all.
Our ability to respond to life's problems has been destroyed by our having too many of them.
Instead of dealing with our big problems, we dramatize our small ones.
This not a idea of mine, it was proposed as a explanation for Brexit. And will probably be used to explain the global problems the US is in.
Americans are watching the presidential debates (which interest them somewhat) where no one speaks of global warming.
A big problem is the War in Afghanistan, a small one is the Impeachment process. People are being killed in Afghanistan, but the Impeachment only keeps the TV cameras busy.
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