Only Preaching to the Converted?

Gaby Hinsliff opines that politicians would put much more effort into dealing with the climate crisis, if this issue terrified swing voters. Most people claim to be concerned about the environment but have a very short attention span. Hinsliff points out that, in the UK, those party-flexible folk claim to be most concerned about immigration. Politicians love people to vote for them (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/19/cilmate-crisis-1-5c-degrees). Hinsliff suggests that we humans are highly motivated by, what we perceive as, immediate threats to ourselves. We find it much more difficult to deal with chronic, long-term issues. Hinsliff says the standard response of most folk is to focus their attention on banal issues. These include presumed changing personal relationships evident between 'celebrities'. It's especially difficult to get people to change their behaviour, when they can't see what's in it for them. Interestingly, it's also been claimed, that the growing incidence of anxiety symptoms, is a consequence of our genetics. Early humans had to deal with immediate threats by fleeing (where possible) from danger. We have not, until much more recently, had to deal with chronic worries, like paying a mortgage or holding down a job. One must presume that swing voters don't recognise that the climate emergency is likely to result in much more immigration. People will not stay in locations when they become 'unliveable'. Perhaps I'm wasting my time, writing this blog?