Sad but true, Yars. That’s similar to the point I was making about Capitalism’s recent obsession with quarterly profits over long-term gains or viability. And I feel like the only way to fix that is to give a broad swath of American industry some large goal to work toward.
Not to get too political, but something like the “Green new deal” could actually work, in the same way that the moonshot program forced the invention of new technologies and focused existing industries on a new problem. So, it doesn’t have to be green technology; I’m just using that as a possible example of something completely new with the potential to evolve existing industries (green tech doesn’t necessarily mean the end of aviation if we take it as a challenge like going to the moon was: something that seems impossible but isn’t really if we focus on the challenge). But if you don’t like what the green new deal represents, just substitute it with something else for the point I’m trying to make: American Capitalism needs big long-term all-encompassing challenges to really thrive.