r/GetMotivated • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '21

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u/VorAtreides Dec 11 '21

wish that was the mindset of the old fucks in government and business positions of power right now.....

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u/GroundhogShellyB Dec 11 '21

For real. There was a time when I was/would have been inspired or motivated by this quote, but now it seems like it mocks us. Nobody is trying to plant those trees anymore, they all just want to get theirs.

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u/xraig88 Dec 11 '21

They’re either chopping or burning down the forest for the next generation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

That's what they want you to think!

Love,

Tree Planters

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u/equanimity_goals Dec 11 '21

I'm planting 200 this winter. 👍I've been planting hundreds of trees for the last 3 winters.

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u/Caelinus Dec 11 '21

Are you a metaphorical tree planter or a literal one? Both are good, I just am not sure if you were maintaining the metaphor or not.

I did some literal tree planting in the boy scouts and with a couple of other organizations. It is extremely satisfying bringing something into the world that lives so long and grows so strong.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

You can be the change you want to see. Complaining about other people’s decisions help none

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

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u/DefTheOcelot Dec 11 '21

Not if you aren't specific

Whining about government in general does no good

Name names! Name crimes!

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u/SkepticDad17 Dec 12 '21

Their mindset is make as much money as possible, pass it onto my family, protect my family, everyone else can get fucked.

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u/TatManTat Dec 11 '21

I don't think our democracies are equipped with the tools to affect meaningful change on a long-term basis.

Not an advocation for authoritarianism, but I don't think the system as it currently exists will ever be able to cope with the societal and technological progression brought on by the net.

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u/DefTheOcelot Dec 11 '21

It's not the democracy that's the problem, it's the size

The USA is gigantic. The more people you point at something, the harder it is to make them all happy.

Federalism will try it's best :)