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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Every industry exploits the working class under capitalism.

Are we colonizing planets or building habitats in space right now or any time in the perceivable future, though? No, so beyond a fun thought experiment or sci-fi material, it's not an idea worth giving any serious thought towards.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Right because innovation materializes itself when we want ... We just flicked our fingers and airplane, cellphone and others just appeared.

Who are you to tell what we should or should not pursue?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Are we pursuing colonizing planets or building space habitats in any serious way?