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The days of colonialism, when Europeans showed up on foreign shores, killed the natives, and claimed the land as their own, are over.
by noelwelsh 10y ago
The days of colonialism, when Europeans showed up on foreign shores, killed the natives, and claimed the land as their own, are over.
- Thane 10y ago*barfs
- myowncrapulence 10y agoare over You mean like in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Israel?
- noelwelsh 10y agoThose are proxy wars and/or puppet governments, which is a different thing to colonisation. There is somewhat more regard for the rights of the native inhabitants than in the past. If we ever find alien life, the Outer Space Treaty prohibits colonisation in the sense we're using here. Of course this is a very easy treaty to sign up to at this point in our development of space travel. If space travel ever becomes cheap enough to enable exploitation of resource on distant planets I imagine those laws will see some amendments.
- myowncrapulence 10y agoSo, why is it a goal to send humans there? Humans breathe out bacteria constantly and will guarantee contamination of Mars.