It can be fucking scary how short-sighted the average person can be. I had a discussion with someone recently who lambasted me because I told him that Tasmania shouldn't be spending multiple billion dollars on a stupid sports stadium when we are struggling to afford critical improvements to our education and health systems.

His response, "My kids grown up and I don't get sick. I'd rather watch the Footy than waste money improving our hospital. "

So we will get a white elephant stadium that he will likely outlive, before he winds up in a shitty underfunded aged care facility, with a skeleton crew for staffing because Tasmania is suffering a critical shortage of young people have left for a more prosperous state, bitching about how he deserves better while actively voting against anyone that might give that to him.