23 Jun 22:57
--you guys need less postmodernism and more historical materialism xD
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23 Jun 22:53
--ohh as soon as a mars colony gets its basic needs all negative aspects of humanity will show up no doubt. Such is human nature
23 Jun 21:14
--anyone going to mars wouldn't be an ignorant, uneducated individual. They could finally create a society based on cooperation not rivalry. Once the fundaments are set it will be easier to build it up. However it's true, the bigger the colony gets, the more the basic human defects will come out.
23 Jun 17:11
--I liked Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars books exploring how that might play out.
23 Jun 17:07
--but yeah a small pioneer colony on mars, it would probably be fine...for a while.
23 Jun 17:06
--I think that's the immaturity thing at play. Us v them mentality always starts to make itself felt
23 Jun 17:05
--That's a fair point. The cooperation thing probably works most efficiently for small groups of people. We tend to do less better on the larger scale. Get enough of us in one place and we seem to start bickering over everything.
23 Jun 16:01
--But that being said, humanity works better when they have an adversity to fight against
23 Jun 15:47
--I think the difference is that if we go to mars, there is no ecosystem to destroy
23 Jun 15:16
--If they brought back the holy roman empire, the wouldn't have to worry about wars or the eu!
23 Jun 13:14
--What I don't understand is why people imagine transporting our current immaturity out to other worlds would result in any outcome different to what is happening on this planet now. XD
23 Jun 11:23
--i think the opposite, if there is a war coming, the eu (trough nato) will be directly responsible, but dont stress too much over it, a conventional war between nato and russia/china would be such a logistical nightmare that it probably couldnt be fought
23 Jun 11:04
--eu is crap but it's still better to have it, otherwise there might be another war sometime. Colony on mars would be xtremaly cool
23 Jun 07:51
--space colonies are the future, we leave mother earth alone and develop cool mechs 10/10
23 Jun 07:48
--well maybe capitalism is suicidal, but we have cheetos, you ungrateful kids dont understand