Dreeeam ON! inthe final analysis, the party with the
biggest/best/most weapons does what it wants to do. Right now that's
the US gov't. If they want it, they'll take it. Period. True, the
nature of wealth and its fluidity is making governments more
vulnerable to the will of the wealth--but when push comes to shove,
it's weapons that matter. Unless the "private" owners control or
leverage the weapons or the governments which deploy them--no private
ownership.
jm
On 6 Feb 2001, at 19:30, Spike Jones wrote:
Like
> it or hate it, Mars will eventually be converted entirely into
> private property, immune from hassle from the blue planet. spike
--> > Spike Jones wrote:> one or more of these results distasteful or > > unacceptable. > > > Adrian Tymes wrote: > > Any company that can demonstrate the infrastructure to reach to Mars, > > when even large governments can not, would likely be able to set its > > ... > > the governments of Earth couldn't be bothered to go there, the weapons > > we've built there are for our use only, to shoot down any > > competitors...or maybe I'm being too pessimistic here. > > I scanned your post thrice and found nothing the least bit pessimistic > anywhere. The analysis is right on, in fact if anything you understated > your case Adrian. > > As far as I can see, the first person who gets to Mars to stay > owns Mars, all of it. Or at least as far as her gun can fire. Like > it or hate it, Mars will eventually be converted entirely into > private property, immune from hassle from the blue planet. spike > >
John Marlow
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