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 The most amazing / unsurprising thing is that they've changed NOTHING.  
"Hey, our behavior has burdened future generations of (other peoples) children with a trillion dollars of debt. What should we do?" 
"Let's just keep doing the same things!"...
"Hey, our behavior has burdened future generations of (other peoples) children with five trillion dollars of debt. What should we do?" 
"Let's just keep doing the same things!"...
"Hey, our behavior has burdened future generations of (other peoples) children with ten trillion dollars of debt. What should we do?" 
"Let's just keep doing the same things!"...
"Hey, our behavior has burdened future generations of (other peoples) children with a twenty trillion dollars of debt. What should we do?" 
"Let's just keep doing the same things!"...
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