• jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Woohoo!

    So not only does putin get a big fat L, but the EU continues to grow! I believe from the EU and NATO partnerships, we will someday see 1 global, unifying government that will formalize conflict resolution, leading to a lasting and sustained peace on Earth. And what does global peace mean? It means a massive increase in standard of living for all, as well as expansion into SPACE! When we can unify as one people, only then can we truly embark on the journey Star Trek promised us.

    I just wonder what our flag will look like.

    But staying in the present, way to go Moldova. As a terrified American, it does me good to see favorable election results.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Two things:

      • That was kinda the dream after WWII, no?

      • Exploring space should be a uniting purpose of humanity, but colonizing space, as humans live now, is just wildly, hilariously impractical. It would be orders of magnitude cheaper and easier to live at the bottom of the ocean, or under the antarctic ice sheet. And this is speaking as someone really into exotic rocketry and transcendental sci-fi.

      I’d recommend reading through Project Rho, if you’re interested: https://projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/

      As well as “farther future” but grounded Sci-Fi like Orion’s Arm, where humanity doesn’t really resemble its current form. And play KSP! The more you read and see, the more you realize “wow, sending humans through space is hard, and living there kinda doesn’t make sense right now.”

    • leftytighty@slrpnk.net
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      5 hours ago

      Most of my problems aren’t caused by conflict between my nation and other nations. One world government is just another government, it can be a capitalist hellscape just like mine is today.