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Yep. And your generation will do the same, and it will go on like this until it can't be ignored anymore, because that's what humans do, whatever the age.
It literally cannot be ignored anymore.
"You don't miss the water until the well runs dry" has never been a more true expression. People expect that if something is going wrong here'd be immediate and apparent consequence. It seems like a vast majority of people completely lack the skill of extended foresight, where one can look at a current situation and see how it can accumulate into a worse situation later.
A great example of this was my mom during COVID-19:
"All this pandemic talk is just nonsense. I'm not seeing people dying on the streets, now, am I?"
If the effects of climate change aren't immediately apparent with some big global disaster happening overnight, then it's not a big issue or simply not real.
If eating something that causes long term health risks doesn't immediately make you sick overnight then it's not a big issue or simply not real.
I agree with everything you're saying.
And unfortunately as a life-long resident of white suburban america, I know how comfortable life still is for so many people, and how the culture of "ignore that problem and we'll be fine" continues to pay off for people with a little privilege in their life.