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Kind of a joke, but honestly there's not much someone on Earth could do to enforce their will on Mars. In practical terms they are on their own regardless.
by jandrese 4y ago
Kind of a joke, but honestly there's not much someone on Earth could do to enforce their will on Mars. In practical terms they are on their own regardless.
- dogma1138 4y agoYes there is just like it’s done on earth at the point of a gun, all laws are enforced at the end of the day by gunpoint.
- ragebol 4y agoExcept that it takes about 6 months for a gun from Earth to get to Mars. It's hard governing a place you can't easily reach. And if a Mars colony really is self sustaining, stopping supply runs also doesn't do as much as you'd maybe like. Sending a gun(ship) might also be prohibitively expensive. There's probably a lot of fiction written about exactly this topic. Maybe the Martians could buy their independence with Epstein drives.
- maxerickson 4y agoIt's likely enough that the Mars end of the service would enjoy being able to communicate with the ground stations on Earth.