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More than likely, we're early (as expansionist intelligent lifeforms go), and the race is still on to colonize.

• ncmncm 5y ago
  More than likely, expansionists aren't welcome in the galaxy, and are curtailed by non-expansionists when they begin to become a nuisance.
  • slothtrop 5y ago
    The capability of "curtailing" another race from expanding is contingent on having expanded into the galaxy.
    • ncmncm 5y ago
      It is contingent on having the physical capacity to have expanded, had they cared to.
      • slothtrop 5y ago
        Not going to curtail jack shit if you haven't left your homeworld. There's a large Universe out there, it's absurd to imagine muscling other races out without a wide-reaching presence, and that demands colonization.
        • ncmncm 5y ago
          So says the reflexive expansionist, too big for its britches, about to be taken down a peg via novas induced on the suns of its homeworlds by unidentified offended parties. It is a dangerous galaxy, out there. Step carefully.
          • slothtrop 5y ago
            That is the dumbest thing I've ever read.