If nearsighted policies act for immediate benefit, and are ignorant of dangerous consequences down the line, then I suppose farsighted ones would be those that are ignorant of dangerous consequences in the here and now, and pursue perceived benefits in the future.
Might be worth attaching some negative stigma to such a descriptor.
I get that the pope is praising the policy here, I was just commenting on the unintended double meaning of the wording he used, and the potential utility of a short expression for an all too common concept.
"Far-sighted" huh?
That actually sort of works.
If nearsighted policies act for immediate benefit, and are ignorant of dangerous consequences down the line, then I suppose farsighted ones would be those that are ignorant of dangerous consequences in the here and now, and pursue perceived benefits in the future.
Might be worth attaching some negative stigma to such a descriptor.
He is more in line with force the population under tyrannical rule because climate change.
I get that the pope is praising the policy here, I was just commenting on the unintended double meaning of the wording he used, and the potential utility of a short expression for an all too common concept.