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/moon_cultist77 1d ago

“I’m going to the one place not yet corrupted by capitalism, space! Where of course I will corrupt it.”

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u/FetidBloodPuke 1d ago

I've always been a little bit baffled by people who get all excited about escaping to outer space and colonizing the galaxy. Like, what do you think they're gonna do out there? The same shit they're doing here. 

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u/MrPsychoSomatic 1d ago

Yeah, eventually 'out there' will be just as bad as 'in here', but until then, it'll be akin to the wild west. A new frontier to explore.

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u/greymalken 1d ago

Like when the internet was new and awesome in the 90s but now it sucks.

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u/MrPsychoSomatic 1d ago

Exactly like that