It’s valid to spend money on entertainment as an individual and all economies in the world have significant portions of the productivity of their population goi

It’s valid to spend money on entertainment as an individual and all economies in the world have significant portions of the productivity of their population going towards “irrelevant shit”. India spending money on a space program seems like an insignificant amount of money to me compared to their total population and is likely not enough money to solve their food problems. We agree on this part. I spend money on vapid shit every day and so do millions of other people. They’re not bad. But, total resources for a Mars colonization effort seems like an order of magnitude more expensive than a simple space program for the benefit of an order of magnitude fewer people. In addition, the capital that is contributing to these efforts (ie Bezos and Musk money) is much more concentrated and can be mobilized in a much more precise manner. I don’t see Mars colonization as a source of inspiration outside of these SV types, and that’s not a significant enough population for me to find this justifiable.