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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

one is billionaire technofuturist capitalist barons who want the cyberpunk future where they live as gods, immortal, and have secure pedophile islands.

This is why Mars is so tantalizing, what better place to be a god and have your own child bride harem than a million miles from earth's pesky laws?

[–] prole@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is essentially the entire point of colonization throughout history. Rich people escaping the laws of their homeland to exploit the people/resources they are colonizing and/or to bring poor people from their home country to exploit even harder than they were before.

Edit: and in some cases, kidnap and enslave people from a completely separate 3rd place and bring them to the new colony...