This save HUMANITY via Mars colonization evangelicalism is a passion play of White Male Hubris - Rich Privileged White Men
This narrative is NOT new: 21st Century goal -Expand to Mars save "humanity" 15,16,17,18th centuries - Expand to New world to save souls
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21st c- Colonizing Mars mission is our right as Men 15-18th c- Colonizing the Americas, Australia is our birthright ordained by God & King
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21st c - "Humanity" needs multi-planet homes to Survive 15-18 c - Europe(ans) needs more land & resources to occupy to Survive
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21st c- We'll have this perfect society in Mars. *But no one's discussing HOW $$ ability is THE PREREQUISITE to this plan
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15-18c- We'll have this perfect society in Americas/Austria for all men *Native Americans, Australians & Africas weren't human yet.
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Saving "Humanity" by the 1% escape podding OFF of the planet is NOT an exciting or inviting idea to me. All of the side eye!
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I ain't buying this rosy ideal that Mars colonization by ONLY the RICHEST who control & dispose of Earth's resources is an all species plan
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@DNLee5 One the other hand, if they would all go soon and quit messing with us here, we might be able to turn this into a habitable planet. -
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@DNLee5 What about the proposal to send the 1% to "a nice farm upstate"? Where they'll have fresh air & room to run? - 2 more replies
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@DNLee5 I find the idea of visiting other planets totally cool. But the idea that we would just up and move there? Why? -
@prof_carrington because...things are crapping out here. We should push escape pod, where We=RICH people who can afford pod -
@DNLee5@prof_carrington Umm.....Mr. Musk isn't proposing to make a Mars space hotel (in which this comment might be appropriate)...
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@DNLee5 I just don't find the concept of a single planet to live on problematic. Like, let's just live here. It's a perfectly good planet -
@prof_carrington@dnlee5 It's capitalism that makes one world inhospitable and then says 'we need more worlds'. -
I agree. Capitalism as a value is very, very problematic @themattachine
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@DNLee5 @themattachine@prof_carrington Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars books posit alternatives to capitalism (and Zubrin)
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@DNLee5: This narrative is NOT new: 21st cent. - Expand to Mars; save "humanity" 15-18th cents. - Expand to New World; "save souls”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
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