Real talk, they know there's enough mineral wealth in the asteroid belt that even some of it could make either A) everyone effectively rich or B) everyone a slave to their massive wealth forever. They're voting with their rockets.

[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

It's B, the more money we have the less power they have over us.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 10 months ago

Like mana from heaven!

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That plus the land grab that always happens when a new unsettled area is colonized. Yeah the moon is a horrible place to live, but if you get a parcel of land for free, and a place to live safely there, I bet a lot of people would be tempted.