(TL;DR: We no longer understand the reality around us and live in a state of growing confusion. The culprit is Silicon Valley, which is preparing a dystopian coup against democracy.) Wherever you go these days, everyone expresses in one way or another that reality seems to have stopped making sen

The first, and also the most futuristic techno-utopian one, is the colonisation of Mars. Elon Musk founded Space X in 2002 (Peter Thiel was the first outside investor) with the idea of re-founding humanity. It’s all there: the call to save humanity by turning it into a multi-planetary species, the desire to start from scratch without the legal constraints of Earth, and the will to break with the established order. As you can read, half-hidden, on the terms and conditions page of the Starlink service owned by Space X:

The parties recognize Mars as a free planet and that no Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities.

  • flango@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
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    2 days ago

    with the idea of re-founding humanity

    the desire to start from scratch without the legal constraints of Earth

    What they are doing is playing the old book of the nazis

    • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      But the Nazis didn’t actually have anywhere they thought they could go.

      If these Nazis actually think they can get to Mars and start over, I’m all for it. They can take as many supplies as they want too, no questions asked. I wish Musk and the Nazis with him the best.

      I don’t know what they expect when they get there, let alone how they expect to survive getting there, but that’s not my problem.