Stop getting involved in international affairs like Ukraine and Israel for starters. We should defend our people instead of this concept of oil in the middle east. It's not even just about climate but rather stop being so dependent on the oil industry. We need a different alternative that's superior to lithium battery and gas.
We should also look for less conflict when possible. Stop alienating our European allies and not be world police. China is screwing itself up and Russia is in a perpetual cycle of failure. We should stand our ground and remain powerful ourselves but not constantly use that power unless necessary.
At home, we need to invest in better infrastructure and land use must be rethought to prevent suburban hellscapes for 100s of miles. Build better suburbs and vetical housing while allowing suburbs as well. Investing in safer cities and public transit in those as well to reduce traffic nightmares and high speed rail would be ideal as well for long distances. We made a rail across the country in the 1800s, we can do it today too and would definitely create competition for airlines too. Cost for transportation types would decline as efficiency and time saved increases. This would reduce our dependency on international oil and the middle east, as well as our need for lithium from China.
We create a lot of instability with our need for resources elsewhere, especially the middle east. Remove oil and we remove a lot of our need to be there.
A lot of this aligns nicely with a Trump agenda. Maybe not so much the oil thing. And I also don't think an interconnected public transit system is at the top of peoples' hierarchy of wants and needs.
I would love to see us move off of oil. My suspicion is that governments and big energy companies have suppressed better alternatives. That said, we can't just declare that we're no longer using fossil fuels. That would be the mother of all economic disasters. We have enough FF here at home that we could be energy independent. But it is a very complicated situation. The petro dolloar has allowed us to enjoy the economic status that we have had for many years. You can't just snap your fingers and move to something else, like the left always talks about doing.
Infrastructure is definitely a good investment. So is less war, militarism, and nation-building. So is national security. So is not pursuing DEI policies. So is border security. So is creating an economy where opportunity exists for everyone and encouraging everyone to work toward achieving the American dream instead of self-worship, self-focus, and playing the victim. Almost all of those things are not what you will get with a leftist platform.
The thing that puzzles me about your generation is that there are far too many people with ADD, lack of motivation, and mental health issues precipitated by a worldview that everything should be easy -- a sense of entitlement. Always being a victim allows you to be taken advantage of by those in power, and they are taking advantage of the weak-mindedness of your generation. I'm casting a wide net, and certainly there are those that don't fall into that bucket.
You're so much more concerned about how many abortions you can have, how many times you can change your sex, how many drugs you can legalize, and stamping out the boogyman of institutional racism, sexism, homophobia, etc., This allows things like liberty, freedom, and safety to be taken from you bit by bit, because you're not focusing on the things that allow you to keep them. How are you guys going to "fix the country" when you're most concerned about the things that undermine the principles that the country was founded on? That's what puzzles me.
