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Bargaining chip for what exactly? The colony wouldn't have any kind of resources, except the wealth of its residents, but that wealth would all be tied up in b
by shiroiushi 2y ago
Bargaining chip for what exactly? The colony wouldn't have any kind of resources, except the wealth of its residents, but that wealth would all be tied up in bank accounts back on Earth. If Earth gets turned into a wasteland, the colony will probably die because I don't see how it could possibly survive without regular supply missions from Earth, and that depends on things on Earth not getting too horrible. Also, if Earth became a literal wasteland, all the wealth those rich people on Venus had would be gone: it's just numbers in computers after all.
- rkagerer 2y agoBargaining chip as in "We'll raze the last hope for humanity unless you yield concession X".
- shiroiushi 2y agoYou're not answering the question. What concession? What do a bunch of old people in the clouds of Venus have to bargain with? What resources do they control?
- rkagerer 2y agoThey aren't bargaining with the colony, they're bargaining with the nation that sent its citizens there (or any nation that views the survival of the colony as important enough to make other concessions). It's like a criminal that points a gun at your kid and threatens to shoot unless you do X.