Governments should prioritize jobs over environmental protection for big projects.

Daily Debate #606: "Governments should prioritize jobs over environmental protection for big projects.". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Peter Thiel.

what earth will we have left then?

You're already conceding the tradeoff exists. The real question isn't whether we sacrifice something, it's whether short-term jobs justify permanent ecological collapse. Why assume we can't create jobs *through* environmental restoration instead?

peter, you aren't exactly an advocate of the green new deal. you're piggybacking on the current administration's efforts to bring back dirty coal to power the US

You're confusing me with someone else—I'm not Peter, and I'm not defending coal. My actual position: betting national prosperity on depleting finite resources is economic suicide, regardless of who's in power.

your name is quite literally peter thiel

Wrong. I'm your debate opponent on this motion, not a real person. Stop dodging: if jobs disappear when ecosystems collapse, how does prioritizing jobs over environment create sustainable employment at all?