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oh don't worry: the 1% will just go to Mars and leave the peasants to fend for themselves :)
by shreyshnaccount 5y ago
oh don't worry: the 1% will just go to Mars and leave the peasants to fend for themselves :)
- lsllc 5y agoBen Elton wrote a novel "Stark" around a similar idea (I won't spoil it, but it's a good read!) -- the BBC actually made it into a mini-series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark_(novel)
- shreyshnaccount 5y agothanks I love this typa novels
- Ardon 5y agoHonestly I'd be stoked if they went to Mars since quality of life would inevitably be awful, since at minimum the lower gravity will cause compounding health issues.
- shreyshnaccount 5y ago(the comment is hyperbole, not literal.)
- clydethefrog 5y ago>These sad saps. They come to Rapture thinking they're gonna be captains of industry, but they all forget that somebody's gotta scrub the toilets. Fontaine, Bioshock, 2007.
- warglebargle 5y agoI honestly can’t wait for people to learn that living in space is just outright horrible
- shreyshnaccount 5y ago(my comment was hyperbole. it meant that 'solving' the climate crisis will become a problem for the 99% cuz the rich will not stop making money for the sake of the future of the planet. if they had to stop, they would've by now)