Shortsighted thinking will end human civilization. We need radical solutions now. What the author is saying is that neither candidate will create a utopia. Winning an election will not solve our dire problems.
I have lived in both Canada and the United States. Both countries need to address housing and transportation. Personally, I wish I could take a train to Toronto from where I live in the Midwest. That is not possible due to the shortsightedness of both countries.
I wish my daughter in Toronto could afford a decent apartment. She can’t, even though she has a well-paying job in the tech sector, because of Canada’s refusal to deal with the housing crisis.
Tessa is pinpointing some real problems in this article. But nobody wants to deal with them, not even people who could benefit from change.