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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by coliveira on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:59PM (#27911321)
> It's how we get to the moon and Mars and how we survive as a species.

No, it's not we. It's them: billionaires and their friends. Other people will never go to the moon and mars because billionaires are using their money to lobby politicians in order avoid taxes and get more subsidies at our expense.

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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by xvilka on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @08:52PM (#27914090)
> Other people will never go to the moon and mars

Oh, they will. Someone should build the colony. Someone should do the work to maintain and grow the colony, etc.

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