The issue would be pushed for by some people, sure.

Unless all people in power/profiting from the current structure were snapped then I highly doubt anything meaningful would change long term.

This is also not accounting for any ecological disasters resulting from that snap (either directly, like species on the brink going extinct, or indirectly like an oil tanker suddenly without a pilot running aground).

True, but your assumption is that "people wouldnt change" is as pessimistic as mine is optamistic.

Realistically, both possibilities are as likely as the other. While you presume people wouldnt change, i believe they would. We could argue about that all day and neither would be right or wrong because both are equally possible.

Either way, the snap cleared out the population, which would provide a stage for effectively changing the malthusian crisis and the climate crisis. It would have been smarter to leave it be and instead build a better future.

True that we can’t prove whether the pessimistic or optimistic outcome would happen, but when has humanity as a whole put the collective/long term good ahead of short term profits/maintaining the status quo?

I mean... Literally this year scientists around the world mobilized and created a vaccine for a global pandemic in record time, and a system was put in place to ensure those vaccines would be distributed relatively evenly throughout the world. Pretty easy example of a time the world mobilized for the greater good of long term global health

Mobilised =\= changed.

People would absolutely put the issue of scaling back consumption on the back burner when it’s not a pressing issue. Give a couple of generations and boomers mark 2 will be in power.

Im not even sure what you mean by that. They did create change because the vaccine is vitally changing the course of the pandemic.

Honestly though, it sounds like we could go back and fourth here and this is pretty distant from the original purpose of the post anyways. I just personally think undoing the snap is wasted opportunity

I mean that it’s easier for humanity to react to something new than change existing self destructive behaviour.

The real waste was Thanos not using the stones to change birth rates across the universe to reduce population levels over time until they stabilise at a more sustainable level.

Well i agree, but once the snap happened it was silly to undo it in my opinion. It wasnt the best solution but it still gave them opportunity to fix things. They even mention in endgame how much better things got.

But again, sounds like we just have different views and thats fine. You seem a little more pessimistic about humanity where i have maybe a bit more optimism. Thats fine.

Im sorry way further back did you imply that sacrificing your own life wasn’t sufficient enough of a hero thing to do for you.

I mean yeah. Sacrificing your life is one thing but it does not wash away all the bad one did.