• JackbyDev
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    418 days ago

    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?

    • @[email protected]
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      67 days ago

      I mean, standard marching orders for capitalism/imperialism are:

      if someone else has it, take it from them. Weapons free.

    • @herrvogel
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      37 days ago

      Have you not read the relevant chapters in The Wealth of Nations?

    • @Buddahriffic
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      278 days ago

      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?”

      • @[email protected]
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        88 days ago

        I read this in Randy Marsh’s voice…

        Just a little capitalism Stan…just gonna give them a little capitalism