Comment by coldtea

>What do you mean? We are living in a golden age of unprecedented prosperity

Hahaha, that's next level cope. Compared to what, the 1910s?

Because compared to just a few decades ago we live in an era of diminishing middle class, less affordable rent and housing, worse job prospects, crap politics, worsening climate crisis, failing infrastructure, inflation, and more widespread depression...

>Well, if someone in fifty years is willing to pay for the tree (even if she's not born yet), markets will do the rest to come up with a positive price for the tree today.

Markets don't even solve today's problems anymore, they'd rather enshittify and seek short term profit