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In reply to the discussion: We should have been colonizing the solar system by now. [View all]tama
(9,137 posts)Who are the "other" people? You give the impression that your scifi fantasy is just about you and your personal need to escape (or rather fantasize about escaping) this mess we have made for ourselves. Who are those "others" guilty of this mess and what frees you from any and all responsibility?
And what kinds of new opportunities you are looking for, that Earth cannot offer? What is it that you want for yourself and hope to achieve by leaving Earth?
3) Yes, limits of growth have been met as Club of Rome predicted. But instead of reality check US and other governments are still only speaking about growth growth growth and then some, and directing all available resources left into military and police to defend the financial and economical system dependent from continuous growth, into making this mess worse and worse.