Why are people willing to sacrafice long term benefits to get short term success??

We are in piles of debt... Close to a breaking point. We are voting for politicians to bring money out of thin air to make life easier for those who recieve benefit. Do things with no money just debt. It makes no sense? If u want long term sucess you have to sacrafice short term goals. Smh

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Graylight · 51-55, F

One of the issues is that long-term success relies on society working together toward common goals. Certainly here in the US, many people are conditioned it toward and "I got mine" attitude, and we assume that even when we do help, others won't. Therefore, we feel as though we're making a sacrifice for strangers when nobody else has to.

Long-term success in any venture does take long-range planning and cooperation. Unfortunately, we're seeing the country in a very divisive time.