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Space colonization is a pretty common trope in scifi but if I am being honest I got somewhat reminded of colonialism circa 1492-present.

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[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It definitely does. It's just an extension of we're told in the west - everything has to be done for the parasitic growth of capital. All westerners know is colonialism and imperialism. The exploitation of the many to serve the needs of capital.

It's especially clear when you look at western billionaire's ideas of what space should be used for, compared to the Chinese space program, or the historical Soviet space program.