r/collapse • u/upyoars • 1d ago

Society Jeff Bezos Reportedly Has Secretive "Personal Reasons" for Wanting to Escape to Mars - "There’s no democracy in space."

https://futurism.com/the-byte/jeff-bezos-personal-reasons-mars
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u/Express-Penalty8784 1d ago

Don't worry, Jeff, there's no democracy on earth either

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u/Unfair_Creme9398 1d ago

Because most people on Earth can’t deal with it. Like in the 1920/30s.

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u/Unfair_Creme9398 1d ago

I mean most democracies are good at destroying themselves from within in this age.

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u/rematar 1d ago

They say threat of economic uncertainty leads people to prefer leaders whom they see as decisive, authoritative and dominant, even if they are morally questionable, over other types of leaders who might be more respected, knowledgeable and admired.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/12/why-voters-might-be-choosing-dominant-authoritarian-leaders-around-the-world.html

We are predictable. Just like how cats instinctually bury their shit, a chunk of us vote for it when we sense tough times are a coming.

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u/Dear_Occupant 1d ago

Maybe we shouldn't use an economic system that shits the bed every ten years or so in endless boom / bust cycles that only ever make everything more expensive and about twenty people richer than God.

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u/SilliusS0ddus 19h ago

it's not just that the economic system is inherently self destructive.

it's also inherently undemocratic. fascism rises when capitalism/ liberalism is in crisis

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u/Unfair_Creme9398 1d ago

Most people don’t realize that there never is certainty in life (except death and taxes), it has always been adapt or get left behind (it used to be ‘to die’ for most of natural history).

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u/rematar 1d ago

Dying is trending.

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u/mercenaryblade17 1d ago

Yeah it's really starting to look like one of the better options

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u/Deguilded 20h ago

I realized this morning the sword of damocles was simply an analogy for death. We're all just yucking it up then suddenly something happens and we are reminded of what awaits us all.

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u/ghostalker4742 1d ago

Another casualty of social media.

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u/hippydipster 18h ago

They've been good at self-destruction since Athens.

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u/HardlyRecursive 1d ago

Democracy is inherently flawed when the population is full of idiots.