Bad news, you are on the lifetime “payment” plan. Hope you enjoy working in the mines.
J_Robert_Matthewson on
Imagine watching Star Trek and thinking, “Y’know what those people are missing? Slaves.”
ValkyrUK on
Yes I do actually, in Stellaris rather than real life, but still
VanAgain on
Musk’s dream title: Interplanetary Overloard
Solitaire_87 on
Musk embracing the colonizer stereotype to the max
tavariusbukshank on
Someone has seen Total Recall a few too many times.
FranzNerdingham on
I will never go to Mars. Not only because it’s fucking impossible to live there, but also because it would mean going there with assholes like Elon.
Hieronymous0 on
Fuck Mars! Why would anyone go into debt to go to a place where you can’t even go outside?
I can simulate that trip here on earth and charge a fraction of the price. I’d put a nice, sealed room with plants and a comfy bed in the center of a plexiglass cube. Then after our guest enters their room, we’d seal them in and fill the outer cube with cyanide gas and radioactive dust. Our guest would stay for a couple months and then they can go home. Don’t worry we’ll also give them a certificate and a hat to prove they went to Mars.
Odd_Edge3719 on
It’ll be a good day when Elmo goes to Mars. Permanently.
OstrichFinancial2762 on
Coming from someone raised in apartheid…. Shocker
South-Ad-9635 on
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.
In fact, it’s cold as hell.
Ornery_Standard_4338 on
“Resemble”? That’s literally what indentured servitude is
bigdogoflove on
Philip K Dick level dystopia
eltegs on
When I look up, the emptiness of space reminds me of the musk rat.
defiler2k on
Takes human trafficking to a whole new level.
Merijeek2 on
He can kiss 3/5ths of my ass.
ztomiczombie on
Elon Muskrat doing his part to make Red Faction real.
nobody-u-heard-of on
I actually saw a movie similar to this. Of course if you decide not to work once you get there, what are they going to do? Send you home?
LurkyMcLurkerson43 on
I signed indentures when I joined a union. If it’s a voluntary sign up, I don’t see the problem. Not like he’s forcing people into rockets at gunpoint.
my20cworth on
That’s in the same plot as the movie Alien, Romulus. The mine workers are sent to the planet to work off debt. The main lead goes to get her ticket back to earth after paying her debt in labor for the corporation only to be told she owes an additional x amount of years of work. Lol.
Actaeon_II on
This reminds me of the backstory for red faction, an old video game
Strain_Pure on
Sounds very similar to the situation with people traffickers and what happens to the illegals they sneaks across borders, I believe the common term is “Indentured Servitude”
dueceofthevoid on
Hardspace Shipbreaker moment
Glad_Lychee_180 on
Everyone on Mars will be working, though I suspect these folks will have the most dangerous jobs.
allisjow on
“Go into lifelong debt to leave this habitable planet for this barren, smaller planet where you’ll enjoy radiation, -200° F temperature, a thin 95% carbon dioxide atmosphere, and low gravity that results in osteoporosis and heart attacks, where you’ll live confined with a few people. It only takes 16 months of travel time in a capsule. Sign up now.”
What a genius!
Our attempts at a materially closed ecological system (Biosphere) here on Earth failed. But please tell us, Leon, about how successful it will be on a completely different planet.
Ok_Breakfast5425 on
I think Leon must have watched Total Recall and somehow thought Cohaagen was the good guy and wanted to be like him
TheLoneGunman559 on
I’ve already said this before, but thankfully nobody is going to Mars in this lifetime. Not even Musk.
SpiritOne on
Elon watched the Expanse and loved the idea of Belters being an exploitable working class. Don’t pay your monthly payments, I cut off your fucking air!!
SportySpiceLover on
Mandela should have stripped them of their wealth and tossed them into the ocean, not saying I am advocating for violence, but Thiel and Musk are seriously making me wish I did not side with Mandela on no violence.
samtttl13 on
Getting real Outer Worlds vibes from Elon. Do you think he’d be Spacers Choice or Auntie Cleo?
HorrorHistorical7528 on
serious dystopian shit
LuchadoresdeSilinas on
You can take the douchebag out of apartheid but you can’t take apartheid out of the douchebag!
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Imagine your life’s goal being bringing apartheid to another planet.
What a soulless little goblin he is.
Bezos has envisioned a similar thing for space.
[https://www.axios.com/2019/05/14/bezos-dreams-space-future](https://www.axios.com/2019/05/14/bezos-dreams-space-future)
Good news, you got to go to mars!
Bad news, you are on the lifetime “payment” plan. Hope you enjoy working in the mines.
Imagine watching Star Trek and thinking, “Y’know what those people are missing? Slaves.”
Yes I do actually, in Stellaris rather than real life, but still
Musk’s dream title: Interplanetary Overloard
Musk embracing the colonizer stereotype to the max
Someone has seen Total Recall a few too many times.
I will never go to Mars. Not only because it’s fucking impossible to live there, but also because it would mean going there with assholes like Elon.
Fuck Mars! Why would anyone go into debt to go to a place where you can’t even go outside?
I can simulate that trip here on earth and charge a fraction of the price. I’d put a nice, sealed room with plants and a comfy bed in the center of a plexiglass cube. Then after our guest enters their room, we’d seal them in and fill the outer cube with cyanide gas and radioactive dust. Our guest would stay for a couple months and then they can go home. Don’t worry we’ll also give them a certificate and a hat to prove they went to Mars.
It’ll be a good day when Elmo goes to Mars. Permanently.
Coming from someone raised in apartheid…. Shocker
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.
In fact, it’s cold as hell.
“Resemble”? That’s literally what indentured servitude is
Philip K Dick level dystopia
When I look up, the emptiness of space reminds me of the musk rat.
Takes human trafficking to a whole new level.
He can kiss 3/5ths of my ass.
Elon Muskrat doing his part to make Red Faction real.
I actually saw a movie similar to this. Of course if you decide not to work once you get there, what are they going to do? Send you home?
I signed indentures when I joined a union. If it’s a voluntary sign up, I don’t see the problem. Not like he’s forcing people into rockets at gunpoint.
That’s in the same plot as the movie Alien, Romulus. The mine workers are sent to the planet to work off debt. The main lead goes to get her ticket back to earth after paying her debt in labor for the corporation only to be told she owes an additional x amount of years of work. Lol.
This reminds me of the backstory for red faction, an old video game
Sounds very similar to the situation with people traffickers and what happens to the illegals they sneaks across borders, I believe the common term is “Indentured Servitude”
Hardspace Shipbreaker moment
Everyone on Mars will be working, though I suspect these folks will have the most dangerous jobs.
“Go into lifelong debt to leave this habitable planet for this barren, smaller planet where you’ll enjoy radiation, -200° F temperature, a thin 95% carbon dioxide atmosphere, and low gravity that results in osteoporosis and heart attacks, where you’ll live confined with a few people. It only takes 16 months of travel time in a capsule. Sign up now.”
What a genius!
Our attempts at a materially closed ecological system (Biosphere) here on Earth failed. But please tell us, Leon, about how successful it will be on a completely different planet.
I think Leon must have watched Total Recall and somehow thought Cohaagen was the good guy and wanted to be like him
I’ve already said this before, but thankfully nobody is going to Mars in this lifetime. Not even Musk.
Elon watched the Expanse and loved the idea of Belters being an exploitable working class. Don’t pay your monthly payments, I cut off your fucking air!!
Mandela should have stripped them of their wealth and tossed them into the ocean, not saying I am advocating for violence, but Thiel and Musk are seriously making me wish I did not side with Mandela on no violence.
Getting real Outer Worlds vibes from Elon. Do you think he’d be Spacers Choice or Auntie Cleo?
serious dystopian shit
You can take the douchebag out of apartheid but you can’t take apartheid out of the douchebag!
That’s called indentured servitude.