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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·3 months agoAre they under the impression that capitalism (or any economic philosophy) has some sort of authoritative answer to the wild possibility of an alien encounter?
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·3 months agoThey are pretty much asking if socialists will allow people to do capitalism on aliens if they are weaker than us. “If we stop exploiting humans, can we still exploit other undiscovered intelligent species?”
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoGonna be either trade or conquest
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoI mean, standard marching orders for capitalism/imperialism are: if someone else has it, take it from them. Weapons free.
minus-squareherrvogel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoHave you not read the relevant chapters in The Wealth of Nations?
Are they under the impression that capitalism (or any economic philosophy) has some sort of authoritative answer to the wild possibility of an alien encounter?
They are pretty much asking if socialists will allow people to do capitalism on aliens if they are weaker than us.
“If we stop exploiting humans, can we still exploit other undiscovered intelligent species?”
Gonna be either trade or conquest
I mean, standard marching orders for capitalism/imperialism are:
Have you not read the relevant chapters in The Wealth of Nations?