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by thornad 5323 days ago
Unless we learn to live harmoniously with each other on this planet, why should we expand to other planets ? To perpetuate the same cycle of justified violence on ourselves and everything else? Look what happened to the Native Americans and all other indigenous populations, cultures, countries, when people brainwashed by a culture of greed and religiously, scientifically (eugenics), and more recently 'humanitarianlly' justified violence got in there to take their resources.

Is this way of life worth preserving? Maybe there is something better, maybe a self-sustaining, thriving way of life that is in harmony with nature and doesn't need continuous conquering, colonization, resource raping and pillaging in order to be maintained would be worth exploring first, before we think about jumping ship?

Maybe all this apocalyptic stuff is all BS, and it is just a sign we need to change something in the way we live, rather than we need to jump ship?

The problem is some people would like us to not change at all, or to change such that they can maintain or even increase their power and privileges (see carbon tax scam). This is where the problem lies.

The only thing we need right now is to wake up and separate wheat from chaff, inquire into ourselves, find our own truth of who we are and what we are doing here, and reject all theories imposed by any so called 'authority'.

Forget about space exploration for now, it's just another distraction.

Inner (and outer) truth is what we need right now.

2 comments

Your comment sounds like a wordier version of "we should stop exploring space and solve all the problems on Earth." It doesn't sound any more compelling when you use more words to say it. We can continue to push our boundaries while working on improving things.
Nope, I'm not saying anyhting against space exploration. On the contrary. I actually did work as a contractor for NASA, and it was a dream of mine to work there. But I do have a problem with going there as an escape from the mess we can't face at home, and to rob and pillage some more - a pattern so common to our culture.
thriving way of life that is in harmony with nature

What do you mean by that? Nature, red in tooth and claw, and all that.