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> It was overturned by new legislation in 2020. Interestingly, there are some guys powerful enough to push that kind of legislation... I don't like Musk but so
by wiz21c 5y ago
> It was overturned by new legislation in 2020.
Interestingly, there are some guys powerful enough to push that kind of legislation... I don't like Musk but sometimes I'd really love to leave for Mars :-)
- midasuni 5y agoWhat makes you think Mars will have better laws?
- numpad0 5y agoSimple, the man is the man and the law and the court so behaviors and ethics and rulings naturally coincide /s
- anoncow 5y agoIf Musk playing with BTC is any indication, Mars would've been an interesting socio-political experiment if we had the terraforming technology.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y agoMonarchies ruled by billionaires sounds horrid.
- anoncow 5y agoAgreed. Hope when the time comes human societies have the spine to stand up for good.
- hnbad 5y agoCorporate towns were bad enough but now we're talking about corporate space colonies where the company can literally charge you for oxygen. I'd be interesting for sure, but not something anyone should want to participate in at table stakes.
- midasuni 5y agoThe original total recall had this set up
- debacle 5y agoCambodia under the Khmer Rouge was an interesting socio-political experiment.
- dang 5y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27290489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27290489.
- gentleman11 5y agoYou would basically be property of the corporation in that scenario. Musk is not known for treating his dependents or employees or fans well, he’s more popular to outsiders looking in. Market manipulation, Bitcoin pump and dump, a wife who left him, working conditions at Tesla, quality control issues, dishonest marketing for self driving features... nobody should go live on his colonies if he gets that far
- rubatuga 5y agoLol, just start your own country then.