Science Fiction

I almost forgot this was in the SciFi community because I instantly thought “yeah, it makes me uncomfortable when billionaires, like Elon, gush about colonizing Mars and Space in general.”

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.

There's a whole joke with Star Trek when they "boldly go where no one has gone before" they always end up meeting someone.