Its all a matter of preference....not stupidity or laziness
We have different priorities....we will disagree on politics but we will probably agree on funding for space exploration... I dont really care about much else.... The trite BS that gets debated these days will be remembered only in obscure documents that no one really reads.... No one seems to really think long term...
Do they consider what the future is if we limit ourselves to this planet? NO! The people we elect are too stupid to think on that scale!.....