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Just SOME of the horrible laws Elon has passed on Mars - 1/3 gravity compared to earth - Unbreathable atmosphere, mostly CO2 - Planetwide exemption from copyright law and drug patents - universal healthcare He must be stopped!

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Carolyn Porco

@carolynporco

Oct 29, 2020

"SpaceX will make its own laws on Mars" & not recognize international laws. Proof that the kind of excess wealth that leads to power & influence leads also to unrestrainable, blinding hubris & arrogance, & thence to evil. This must be stopped now. bit.ly/34GbT70

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I would like to see the international community press that issue, because to do that I think they'll have to recognize the mars colony as a nation (or at least some kind of sovereign subject like the order of malta)

2:26 AM · Oct 31, 2020Twitter Web App

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Without nukes, Mars wouldn't have much to bargain with. So maybe they need a nuclear program for defense against Terran treachery

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earth cannot really plausibly nuke mars, what they can do is embargo critical tech such as semiconductor fabs, or trojan it

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I mean they could probably do without since there are no rules in international law, but they would look like massive hypocrites doing so and probably do major damage to the legitimacy of international law as an institution

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I think they should make an interplanetary law organization, instead of extending international earth law to other planets