> Sorry, but why would a Mars colony only work with indentured servitude and/or slavery, as proposed by Elon Musk? Isn't there a saying that companies/startups

> Sorry, but why would a Mars colony only work with indentured servitude and/or slavery, as proposed by Elon Musk? Isn't there a saying that companies/startups are all dictatorships? That's exactly what a privately-run space colony would actually be, but without any of the outlets that make working for a company tolerable (the theoretical possibility of getting a job elsewhere, being free outside of work hours, etc.). I don't think it's helpful to use terms like "slavery" or "indentured servitude" to describe the situation, since those are legal concepts for polity where freer statuses are possible. It'd be more like North Korea. Are North Koreans slaves? Not really. Are they free? No. Do you want to be a North Korean? Probably not.