simcoder t1_ixfvncw wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:13 AM

Reply to comment by GoBananaSlugs in Realistically speaking When do you think we will land humans on Mars? by EnaGrimm

Well they do have that going for them. Score one for authoritarian socialism/communism/whathaveyou I guess.

But one of the downsides of that sort of govt is something like "the one child policy". Which is at the heart of their demographic collapse. A whole pile of financial collapses can also be laid directly at the foot of centralized authoritarianism.

So, it's a bit of a mixed bag.

GoBananaSlugs t1_ixg5ffo wrote on November 23, 2022 at 4:42 AM

Yeah, I don't want to live in China, I just think, looking at the matter objectively, they have the best chance of getting to Mars first. This system where every President pledges to land on Mars in 20 years, with all of the serious spending delayed until to first two years of the succeeding Administration, just doesn't cut it. Maybe if the US revoked the 22nd Amendment......