Submitted by anon (not verified) on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 14:04
So ridiculous, all the energy to put 1000 perps on a Mars base, all the oxygen to make and soil to produce and fertilize, all the energy to escape gravity, WHEN ITS ALREADY HERE, ON EARTH.
The crisis is fear-mongering over intelligent logic, crisis-worship over optimistic pragmatism, honesty over science fantasy!
Science fiction as a genre was always metaphorical, always about comparing Earth reality with historical extrapolation AS A POLITICAL CRITIQUE.
So ridiculous, all the energy to put 1000 perps on a Mars base, all the oxygen to make and soil to produce and fertilize, all the energy to escape gravity, WHEN ITS ALREADY HERE, ON EARTH.
The crisis is fear-mongering over intelligent logic, crisis-worship over optimistic pragmatism, honesty over science fantasy!
Science fiction as a genre was always metaphorical, always about comparing Earth reality with historical extrapolation AS A POLITICAL CRITIQUE.