• nifty@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Defense manufacturers can easily repurpose their entire industry for space travel, especially if we’re concerned about traveling anywhere at a speed reasonable for a human life span. The profit motive for war and conflict is unjustifiable.

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      1 year ago

      Sadly, there isn’t much demand for space travel, but a whole lot demand to want to kill each other.

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        1 year ago

        No one knew there was a demand for smartphones before we had them. I want to believe!