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Originally Posted by Professor Tanhauser!
Ok, forget all the "FTL is impossible!!!' naysayers and just focus on this issue:
We have functional star travel, we find other worlds out there ripe for the taking.
Now, why would we go to the stars?
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"The meek shall inherit the Earth when the strong move on to the stars"
What better way of shedding the dead weight of freeloaders, hangers on, and degenerate charity cases than coming up with a future that relies totally on rugged individualism, sheer determination, and an absolute commitment to building a future for yourself without someone handing it to you?
A neocolonial period would do wonders to save humanity from the hand to mouth, nannystatists that are slowly choking the drive to succeed and overcome that once defined the best in us (and sometimes, the worst).