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[โ€“] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why?

Are we not ruining Earth enough and need more stuff to ruin, or do the rich want somewhere to go when they have destroyed things for the rest of us?

I mean I love space, and Iโ€™d love to move to a retirement community on the moon (Iโ€™ve even come up with a crappy slogan! โ€œ1/6 the gravity makes old bodies feel new again!โ€) but for real, why do we need commercial enterprise in the moon? Canโ€™t we just have a nice moon that isnโ€™t ruined by capitalism like literally everything else it touches?

[โ€“] riodoro1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No, we cant have nice things. There is no discussion.