Just a little strange. I wonder why they don't have space Scientologists in this show?
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graysonemile — 10 years ago(December 30, 2015 04:44 PM)
Made sense, given some of the tenets of Mormon religion, although I don't know a single thing about Scientology so the same could've apply there too.
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The-last-to-know — 10 years ago(December 30, 2015 04:52 PM)
Scientologists only go where there is money to grub. They dont recruit poor people. There is no way there are any scientologists on that level of ceres, maybe in the green and white place though
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CorumJI — 10 years ago(December 30, 2015 11:12 PM)
As others note it, and the goal, which appears to be to create a colony ship seems much more of the type of goal that suits Mormons.
They believe in being fairly practical. They require members to keep something like 6 months of reserve food on hand (sorry if my number is off, but it's more than a few days) and generally, they're one of the wealthier of the non-Scientology religious sects. Then there's their desire to "get away" from the conventional sorts so they can practice their beliefs without interference. Utah wasn't far enough away, clearly.
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BlackJAC — 10 years ago(January 01, 2016 03:00 PM)
In the book
Leviathan Wakes
, which is what the show is largely following so far, the Mormons want to escape the procreation restrictions that are in place due to Earth having a population of 30 billion, and that requires finding a new planet to settle on, and since they don't have FTL, that means a generation ship.
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kelzan — 10 years ago(January 01, 2016 03:53 PM)
It does raise an interesting topic about interstellar travel. Different groups with religions and/or ideologies that are very small in the world's population, or not as influential as they'd like to be, would almost certainly use interstellar travel if it ever becomes possible to set up a world where their's is the dominant or only belief whether it is Mormons, fundamentalist Christians, or other religions, or for that matter Libertarians or Communists.
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CigarDoug — 9 years ago(June 17, 2016 01:06 PM)
whether it is Mormons, fundamentalist Christians, or other religions, or for that matter Libertarians or Communists.
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CigarDoug — 9 years ago(November 10, 2016 09:36 AM)
Don't be stupid. Stupid
Stupid people lob insults. Intelligent people refute by logic and example.
Not Communists. Communism is a parasite, it requires a thriving capitalist system to leech off of. Communists don't build communities or factories or economies, they seize existing ones and destroy them.
What is inaccurate about what I said here? How well off are the poor in Venezuela? They are sitting on the richest oil reserves in South America. How well off are the poor in North Korea?
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darythg — 9 years ago(November 24, 2016 11:35 AM)
Look at your first comment. What could i do other than lob insults. It had no point to it.
North Korea Communist. Please educate yourself.
Your examples are beep Cuba could have done it perhaps had it not been attacked and worked against by a global super power. otherwise look at the catolonian republic.
Do remember that communism isn't about a big state. The point of communism is to liberate yourself from the state. And if you actually took your time to read up on these things you might not just Regurgitate American propaganda(How well are you guys doing anyway.) Capitalism is like pissing your pants when it is cold. -
darythg — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 02:06 AM)
There was no discussion to begin with. You clearly dont know what you are talking about otherwise you would have some kind of counterargument. But you dont because you are ignorant of the topic. I can understand why you wont continue this. I too would be embarrassed if I had made those earlier statements you did.
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Dejay — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 07:28 PM)
As a historical example, look at what Stalin did during WWII. He build an incredible industrial base in no time to fuel the war machine to defeat the nazi's.
Another would be that the USSR managed to compete with the US in space exploration. Today it's them that supply the rockets to shoot satellites into space.
State socialism is imho probably less efficient than Capitalism, but there are inefficiencies everywhere. But there are also smart, industrious people everywhere.
I believe state socialism doesn't work (communism is a money-less utopia never realized, never never has been a communist country - basically star trek). State socialism concentrates not just all political power, but also all economic power which is a big problem.
But in the future new socialist economic frameworks could solve this. For example we now have the internet to provide feedback to markets and AI software and that alone could help regulate markets better and more efficient than capitalism can. Hopefully. Because the mega corporations didn't work out so well in the show
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netsez00 — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 09:57 PM)
As a historical example, look at what Stalin did during WWII. He build an incredible industrial base in no time to fuel the war machine to defeat the nazi's.
Another would be that the USSR managed to compete with the US in space exploration. Today it's them that supply the rockets to shoot satellites into space
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netsez00 — 9 years ago(February 09, 2017 07:28 AM)
A state can generate as much money as it wants. A single keystroke can magically create a million or 10 billion or a few trillion dollars. It's only a social construct we agree upon.
True, but it is far more than a social construct. Doing that has serious economic consequences.