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True Dough

(27,569 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:21 PM 4 hrs ago

Agreed?

𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉
@OrevaZSN

Nobody wants a city on Mars. Nobody wants AI in every app. Nobody wants a robot butler. Nobody wants data centers everywhere. Nobody wants flying cars or humanoid robots. We want clean water, we want bees to survive, and we want a habitable planet.

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Agreed? (Original Post) True Dough 4 hrs ago OP
True dat Easterncedar 4 hrs ago #1
Agreed! Nittersing 4 hrs ago #2
But how will corporations and billionaires make obscene amounts of money senseandsensibility 4 hrs ago #3
The problem is that the people who do want these things... ananda 3 hrs ago #4
I do want a city on Mars and Flying Cars tho... Happy Hoosier 3 hrs ago #5
Agreed. calimary 1 hr ago #17
I once heard someone say dweller 3 hrs ago #6
Absolutely! SheltieLover 3 hrs ago #7
Also agree with this: True Dough 3 hrs ago #8
Agree! bluestarone 3 hrs ago #9
Yup SuzyandPuffpuff 3 hrs ago #10
Is it too much to ask? 2MuchNoise 3 hrs ago #11
Agree; except I do want a mission, or two to Mars electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #12
I'm particularly concerned about the bees. I used to see a lot in my lawn since it's full of clover. patphil 2 hrs ago #13
And without bees, no food. Not even for the billionaires. Bumbles 2 hrs ago #14
billionaires don't think of these things. They think they can always buy their way out of anything. patphil 57 min ago #21
It is worth noting... GiqueCee 2 hrs ago #15
I agree. LoisB 1 hr ago #16
Kick. N/T Upthevibe 1 hr ago #18
A habitable planet??? Cirsium 1 hr ago #19
Well, maybe a robot butler... JoseBalow 1 hr ago #20

ananda

(35,687 posts)
4. The problem is that the people who do want these things...
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:33 PM
3 hrs ago

have more money than god and
want to force them down our throats.

Happy Hoosier

(9,693 posts)
5. I do want a city on Mars and Flying Cars tho...
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:34 PM
3 hrs ago

… but I also want clean water and a habitable planet. It’s not either/or.

calimary

(91,225 posts)
17. Agreed.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:06 PM
1 hr ago

Besides, considering what we've already done to injure and defile our precious Earth, and the wasteful, thoughtless habits we've already built, a city on Mars may not be such a bad idea for the future. What we've already done to our planet is gonna take quite a cleanup, along with some serious reeducation and wiser long-range habit-forming. The "use once/throw away" mentality has got to go the way of the dinosaurs.

dweller

(28,836 posts)
6. I once heard someone say
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:36 PM
3 hrs ago

The 🌎 is just a private resort for 3,000 people .
The rest of us are the servants and slaves that serve them . . .




😐


✌🏻

True Dough

(27,569 posts)
8. Also agree with this:
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:43 PM
3 hrs ago

Anonymous
@YourAnonNews

Imagine waking up tomorrow and every billionaire vanished.
Most people would still go to work.
Food would still be grown.
Roads would still be built.
Hospitals would still operate.
Now imagine every worker vanished.
That's the difference between wealth and value.

2MuchNoise

(931 posts)
11. Is it too much to ask?
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 06:19 PM
3 hrs ago

I want a comfortable bed
That won't hurt my back
Food to fill me up
And warm clothes and all that stuff.

electric_blue68

(27,722 posts)
12. Agree; except I do want a mission, or two to Mars
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 06:27 PM
3 hrs ago

And while having some class differences: erase poverty; and maybe limits to only multimillionaires ( raise the Social Security cap, too), and further clean up our air, land & waters.

patphil

(9,281 posts)
13. I'm particularly concerned about the bees. I used to see a lot in my lawn since it's full of clover.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 07:20 PM
2 hrs ago

I don't want to say there aren't any, but they're precious few compared to what it used to be.

patphil

(9,281 posts)
21. billionaires don't think of these things. They think they can always buy their way out of anything.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:33 PM
57 min ago

Maybe Musk will actually make it to Mars some day. A one way trip would be ideal.

GiqueCee

(4,965 posts)
15. It is worth noting...
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 07:25 PM
2 hrs ago

... that Bayer, primary producer of neonicitinoid insecticides, that are the biggest killer of honey bees, refuses to terminate production of that deadly product. If it kills honeybees, it's probably not too good for humans, either. But since when has that ever mattered to corporatists?

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