To your Lincoln example I’d add good governance attempts in general—the US constitution appears to have been written with the express aim of providing long term democratic and stable government.
Thanks for adding this as an additional example—the US constitution is a very good example of how longtermism can achieve negative results! There’s a growing body of research from political scientists that the constitution is a major cause of a lot of US governance problems, for example here.
To your Lincoln example I’d add good governance attempts in general—the US constitution appears to have been written with the express aim of providing long term democratic and stable government.
Thanks for adding this as an additional example—the US constitution is a very good example of how longtermism can achieve negative results! There’s a growing body of research from political scientists that the constitution is a major cause of a lot of US governance problems, for example here.