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Trevor everyone knows the golden rule. Those with the gold make the rules.
The main problem with captilism is that it is designed to favour the few but encourage everyone to want more. Either we all accept the current model or we don't.
It is likely that humans will go on existing on this planet for thousands if not millions of years. Our culture is making in roads to changing power systems and unifiying political structures. Humans will not do anything radical unless it is our last resort. When change must happen rapidly it will be implimented for our own good.
Space exploration is not only expensive but also extremely dangerous. To travel to other planets right now would require trillions of dollars for the construction of safe habitats, food supplies and propulsion. The antiquated systems being used will not get humans to Mars. Radiation will kill the astronauts before they get there. International co-operation really only extends so far at present but at least it is better than it was 30 years ago, that is a step in the right direction.
The trouble is that humans are more apathetic about change because we are all ruled by our need to feel safe. Get a hundred million people together and form an army and do what is needed. That is the only way that change occurs in reality from looking at our history. That will not happen because people have to be feed, armed and moved large distances. That all has a cost and you have to be invested with money and that brings us back to the original question.
Yes the greedy should rule us, we let them, we don't really want to get our hands dirty, we all want our luxuries and we are all greedy.
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