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[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Technically, he could do that already on Earth.

Hell, there's a country in Africa called the Congo, which has trillions worth of minerals buried, yet the entire GDP is only $50 Billion.

Why wouldn't Musk and Bezos just buy that, instead of taking the huge risk of colonizing another planet, and having to pay for all the costs associated with transporting Astronauts/Goods back and forth?

[–]YJaewedwqewqClerical Fascist 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because colonizing the Congo for his anarcho-capitalist cowboy state would be "racist" and he'd probably get BTFO'd by the UN