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> What is the point in having a colony of maybe dozens of people completely dependent on shipments from Earth? The Jamestown colony relied on shipments from En
by WalterBright 24d ago
> What is the point in having a colony of maybe dozens of people completely dependent on shipments from Earth?
The Jamestown colony relied on shipments from England.
> Building a self-sustaining colony is so far outside the realm of possibility that it isn't worth thinking about
And look at what America became.
- bluGill 24d agoJamestown went to a place where humans had lived for thousands of years. They used shipments from England, but they didn't need them at any time.
- WalterBright 24d agoThe colony would have failed without those shipments. They desperately needed them.
- verzali 23d agoAnd yet other people were managing to live there just fine without shipments from Europe.
- m4rtink 23d agoYou have to starting somewhere.