Like, we’re destroying the one place we know is a sure bet on where we can prosper if we keep it healthy, but instead the world’s richest man is trying to expand to other planets while this one’s ability to sustain life is in jeopardy. IMO that makes us potentially a very stupid species compared to a species that doesn’t really care about meeting other aliens because they value the life on their own planet far more than we do.

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    that makes us potentially a very stupid species

    No thanks. Why blame humanity for the crimes of one person?

    If you’re upset that humanity doesn’t punish this person, it’s because we’re trapped in a system of violent control. It’s not because people are stupid, it’s because we fear for our lives. Nobody wants to be murdered, locked in a box, etc. We’re not going to end this system by calling ourselves stupid. That just further serves our masters.

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      Maybe that’s a filter? Any civilisation that lets itself get trapped in a system of violent control under fear of death gets wiped out by the worst of itself?

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      Why blame humanity for the crimes of one person?

      It’s not one person that needs to be held to account, dis-empowered, guillotined, reformed and stripped of their ill-gotten gains. It’s an entire class of billionaire oligarchs, cabal of political/global elites and exploitative corporations.