Amusingly people frequently argued why anyone would wish to live in the Americas? Barely populated, next to no trade, savages who may kill you before you see th

Amusingly people frequently argued why anyone would wish to live in the Americas? Barely populated, next to no trade, savages who may kill you before you see them, constant proxy wars from empires half a world away? But they came, why? Money. We will need more rare earth metals then earth can supply, its just matter of time.