"muh space" t. every liberal ever

Why do people talk about space exploration like it's some extremely important priority and that NASA is underfunded and needs more money for dem rockets. Surely problems here on Earth need to be addressed first? Half of the US on food stamps, literal slave factories in the third world, broken financial systems… and SPACE TRAVEL is a priority?

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How else are all the rich people supposed to fly away to escape the planet they helped destroy?

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also, space mining so we can build our socialist robot army to overthrow world governments.

Well, just in case shit hits the fan here on Earth.

I mean some humanity is better than no humanity, even if only porky gets to survive.

And now I feel dirty.

Remind them that NASA is only underfunded due to government inefficiencies due to the capitalist market crash of 2008. Capitalism if anything hinders space travel, and in worst cases puts it in the hands of techo-czars like musk

Because it is underfunded. I don't know about you but I have big plans for my species and our immortality needs to be achieved via spreading beyond earth and advancing technologically in order for us to even start working on them.

Because the sooner that rich white American suburbanites can colonize Mars and leave behind all those poor blacks and foreigners, the better.

Well, there's always China and India.

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