Submitted by AlexanderReidRoss in AskRaddle (edited )
We've shown we can't find new lands without conquering them, enslaving the residents, and exploiting the resources. Nothing shows that space faring would be any different.
Can we just end the cycle of tyranny and work to better what we actually have before it's all destroyed by our greed?
Ant wrote
I'm generalising, but
frontiers like space are mostly just a place for people to project fantasies that are born out of their impotence felt in the face of this terrible world
there's no reason to think it's desirable to go out there beyond a desire to escape this shit
But there's no escape since we'll bring it with us wherever we go
There are cops and states in our heads
(Escapism is fine under many circumstances, don't get me wrong - often it's all we have)
pushing frontiers before we get rid of capitalism is the same as pushing capitalism
and since capitalism created us, shapes our subjectivities and our desires, there's little reason to assume we will or won't want to go to space if we ever manage to destroy capitalism
because we know close to nothing outside of this