space colonization is an extreme version of a common belief that it is easier to run away from our problems than to solve them. those who gleefully look forward to space colonization are either insane or brainwashed by fancy imagery to the point of religious devotion. the optimistic belief in space travel, colonising mars, etc.....has dangerous parallels with conventional religion. while it is human to seek comfort in religion, it is a misleading and dangerous way of thinking we should be aware of, and wary of. as president eisenhower once said, every ship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. our consumerist culture deliberately cultivates dreaming of exciting possibilities whilst ignoring obvious problems (like widening racial and class gaps) rather than practical but boring down to earth solutions. unfortunately it is a recipe for catastrophe. given the choices, from that perspective, your best bet is to stay on earth and do your best to fight the excesses of destructive capitalism, rather than daydream about colonizing mars.
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