Just wanted to prove that political diversity ain’t dead. Remember, don’t downvote for disagreements.

  • gandalf_der_12te
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    14 hours ago

    it will become automatically appealing to them the moment that is pays out economically for them. if they could afford more under a leftist politics, than under the current politics, people are gonna be all for it.

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      14 hours ago

      In theory it should have a strong monetary incentive for all but the wealthiest of cis/striaght/white/males. They just don’t realize that for some reason.

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        14 hours ago

        I can think of a good reason but i’m not sure whether you’re willing to buy into it.

        people naturally don’t think of themselves as individuals. people think of themselves as a group/society.

        People recognize that under a republican US government, they’re significantly more likely to go to mars and have prosperous offspring. while if they’re stuck on earth, a recession and decline is waiting for them. they can’t verbalize it and probably aren’t even rationally aware of it, but i guess they can feel it with their heart.

        of course lots of you folks are gonna immediately chime in and say “nooo i saw a youtube video that explained that it’s impossible to live on mars”, and honestly, you should reconsider why you’re so eager to deny a topic that you’ve clearly not put in as much effort to think about than the people who actually do care about this project. and also, assuming it does work out; what will you do then? be ashamed of your wrong prediction? because if you’re not, that means you don’t stand to your prediction, and therefore the prediction is worthless. i’m not sure whether i was too direct about this and somebody perceived it as rude, but i’m tired of this feeling of being stuck. we need to think long-term again.

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          6 hours ago

          I’m confused, are you saying that most straight white men are not left… Because they all want to go to mars?

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          13 hours ago

          Is this mars thing meant to be an analogy or do you mean people literally think they will have a better life colonizing mars?