Yes, seems accurate.
There is something deeply pathetic about people who will be dead in 15 years trying steer the destiny of a planet.
All your best efforts are but noise.
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Personally, I think people like that are just terrified of feeling worthless to society. It's just rather ironic, in a sense because all their efforts to create some kind of legacy lead to them being hated by the people they claimed they were trying to help.