Unless we settle our military confrontations (of varying degrees), any successful political entity is going to have to take a (sufficiently potent) position on

Unless we settle our military confrontations (of varying degrees), any successful political entity is going to have to take a (sufficiently potent) position on the moon, first. Unless it is willing to accept the circumstance of its sole continuation being off-Earth (Mars, in the near term). And has the belief that its off-Earth presence can continue and succeed in the absence of its erstwhile Earth-based counterpart.